Insurance linked securities news, ILS news

Bermuda headquartered ILS fund and reinsurance linked investment manager ILS Capital Management has invested in an insurtech incubation platform called MLTPLY which aims to provide startups with access to funding and services including reinsurance capacity.

The catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has set another new record, as the amount of issuance we’ve recorded across a twelve-month period to end of September 2021 reached a new all-time-high.

The New Zealand Earthquake Commission (EQC), the state-owned residential property disaster insurance entity, is likely to need more reinsurance protection from private markets as new rules are set to dramatically expand the amount of catastrophe risk it takes on.

Two outstanding per-occurrence catastrophe bond tranches sponsored by Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation have been marked down much further on some broker pricing sheets in the last week, with secondary market bid pricing now implying a market expectation of a significant loss of principal.

The Howden insurance and reinsurance broking group is doubling-down on the example set by the Danish Red Cross with the first disaster relief catastrophe bond and aims to expand the use of private capital in the sector, unlocking it for social good.

The issuance of the first catastrophe bond through Hong Kong has helped to open up a new channel for risk diversification for the domestic catastrophe insurance market, according to the sponsor of the Greater Bay Re Ltd. (Series 2021-1), China Re Group.

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Catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance continued at record pace through the third-quarter of 2021, with over $2.7 billion of new risk capital issued and the market now well on-track to beat all its records in 2021, according to the latest report and data from Artemis.

Electrical utility Sempra Energy is back in the catastrophe bond market with what will be its third issuance and this time it is seeking a larger, perhaps $180 million or bigger, SD Re Ltd. (Series 2021-1) transaction.

The low volatility and projectable cash flows offered by high frequency, low severity perils in areas such as casualty insurance or reinsurance, are increasingly gaining attention from more experienced investors looking for relatively uncorrelated returns and higher yields, according to industry experts.