reinsurance

Insurance-linked securities (ILS) capital is now “foundational” within the global reinsurance market according to Aon, with alternative sources of capital now accounting for $144.5 billion of sector funds, with that figure rising by $3.5 billion just in the second-quarter of 2026.

As the casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continues to expand, rating agency AM Best has indicated that market participants will need to remain focused on ensuring that both underwriting discipline and risk transparency develop simultaneously in order to keep pace with investor demand.

As institutional investors seek resilient entry points into the re/insurance market, traditional collateralized ILS structures face ongoing challenges surrounding trapped capital and stacked fees. However, investment advisor Resolute Global Partners is presenting an alternative approach by integrating property treaty reinsurance, niche specialty risks, and primary U.S. insurance within a unified, vertically integrated platform.

Verisk, a data analytics and technology provider to the global insurance, reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) industry, has announced the promotion of Harry White to lead its Property Claim Services (PCS) unit.

A new study co-authored by catastrophe modelling and climate analytics specialist Reask, has demonstrated how advanced downstream forecast analytics can eliminate basis risk in parametric insurance by funding pre-landfall protective actions before a hurricane strikes.

Fermat Capital Management recently hit new milestones for two of its dedicated catastrophe bond fund strategies, taking the pair to more than $3 billion of assets under management each, while achieving those levels of assets at a particularly rapid pace, Artemis can report.

American Coastal Insurance Company (AmCoastal Insurance) returned to the catastrophe bond market in recent weeks, Artemis can reveal, as a new $25.5 million Armor Re II Ltd. (Series 2026-2) issuance has been placed in the market, which appears likely to be a buy-down of the sponsors’ first-event reinsurance retention.

While the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has been growing at a strong pace, thanks in the main to record levels of catastrophe bond issuance, rating agency AM Best believes that while this contributed to reinsurance market softening, the deployment of traditional capacity is still more impactful.

Broker Marsh is aiming to bring alternative sources of insurance and reinsurance capital into the digital infrastructure risk transfer sector, through the launch of a $10 billion property insurance exchange named Stratus.

As use of third-party capital within life annuity reinsurance structures including sidecar vehicles increases, a new estimate from reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, as reported by rating agency AM Best, suggests around one-third of capacity is now from third-party investor sources.