Insurance linked securities news, ILS news

The US pension fund of global beverage and food giant the Coca Cola Company saw its investments into insurance-linked securities (ILS) increase in value in the last year to $266 million, reaching their highest level since 2022.

USAA is adding a retained quota share layer to the stated reinsurance for some of its annual aggregate Residential Re catastrophe bonds for their next loss occurrence period, after an update to the risk model used drove a material increase to the expected loss contribution of the severe thunderstorm peril, Artemis has learned.

Olympus Insurance Company, a Florida homeowners specialist, is now aiming to upsize its debut catastrophe bond sponsorship, with the target size for the Abacab Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) transaction now updated to between $100 million and $150 million of reinsurance limit, Artemis has learned.

Hannover Re has facilitated another private catastrophe bond arrangement, as its Bermuda-domiciled transformer vehicle Kaith Re Ltd. has issued a $20 million Seaside Re (Series 2026-71) transaction that is exposed to US property catastrophe risks and will provide reinsurance or retrocession for an unknown sponsor.

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CRC Group, a wholesale insurance services provider, is leveraging the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market to bring capacity to support data center capabilities, which comes as the firm has launched a data centers product on its Insurisk platform.

Compared to broader financial markets and asset classes that are more correlated with the global macroeconomy, catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities are exhibiting significantly lower volatility in 2026, specialist investment manager Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP has highlighted.

One Alliance North America Insurance Company becomes the latest first-time catastrophe bond sponsor, as the company is seeking $100 million or more in multi-peril reinsurance from its debut One Shield Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis has learned.

We now have more information about Pool Re’s fourth terrorism catastrophe bond and have learned that the UK government backed mutual terrorism reinsurance firm is seeking £100 million of retrocession from the new Baltic PCC Limited (Series 2026-1) issuance.

The launch of Hiscox Capital Partners, which brings together under a single structure all the capital partnership activity that Hiscox Re has managed for nearly two decades, represents a natural evolution for Hiscox, as it allows the firm to go to market with a broader, more coherent proposition that meets capital partners where they are, […]