insurance

Third-party investor capital under management in RenaissanceRe Capital Partners range of reinsurance joint-ventures and insurance-linked securities strategies reached a new all-time high of just over $9 billion at the end of 2025, before dropping slightly as 2026 began and the manager returned profits to some investors.

Catastrophe data aggregator PERILS has updated its estimate of insurance industry losses for the severe convective storms (SCS) that hit Queensland and New South Wales between November 21st to 27th 2025, lifting the total almost 11% to AU $2.95 billion.

Losses from winter storms Hernando and Fern, both of which have occurred in the opening months of 2026, are expected to impact primary insurers more than reinsurance capital providers, according to ratings agency AM Best.

Catastrophe data aggregator PERILS has provided its first insurance industry loss estimate for the Victoria Bushfires which took place between January 7th and 13th 2026, at AU$786 million.

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. has already placed approximately 90% of its first-event catastrophe reinsurance tower and has secured additional multi-year cover to run through the 2027 hurricane season, the firm’s CEO Stephen Donaghy said today.

Global property insurance rates accelerated their downward trend in the fourth quarter of 2025, with broker Marsh Risk reporting a 9% global decline, led by a sharp 14% drop in the Pacific region.

Catastrophe data aggregator PERILS has provided its first insurance industry loss estimate for extratropical European windstorm Goretti that affected southwestern England, northern France and Belgium on January 8th and January 9th, at EUR 467 million.

With growing capacity demands within AI and other cloud computing services leading towards a surge in data centers, this rapid expansion also presents a clear role for insurance-linked securities (ILS) and the capital markets, according to broker Aon.

Global climate risk solutions platform Arbol and Pollen Systems have teamed up to bring to market a first-of-its-kind product that combines parametric insurance with multiple real-time data sources, that are set to address long-standing challenges in agricultural and climate risk coverage.

As the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities market looks to build on its recent strong performance and capitalise on opportunities that are being presented, the need for the sector to do so in a sustainable way came into focus at our ILS NYC 2026 conference held in New York last Friday.