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Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has announced that Andy Marcell has been appointed CEO of Global Solutions, a key role aimed at further integrating Aon’s Risk Capital and Human Capital capabilities.

The catastrophe bond market is playing an increasingly important role in the Florida reinsurance landscape, as growing investor appetite drives competitive pricing and offers much-needed capacity relief for carriers, according to Randy Fuller, Managing Director at Guy Carpenter.

American Coastal Insurance Company (AmCoastal) has successfully renewed its core catastrophe reinsurance program for 2025/26 with first event limit now extending to an estimated higher $1.33 billion, as it secured 4% more in coverage for roughly $1.676 billion of occurrence-based limit in the aggregate.

Lockton Re, the reinsurance arm of the independent brokerage, has announced the hiring of David Baldwin who joins the company in London as a Senior Retrocession and Property Specialty broker.

Having recently secured its upsized target of $90 million of worldwide aggregate retrocession through the new Herbie Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1)  catastrophe bond issuance, senior executives of Fidelis Insurance and managing general underwriter (MGU) Fidelis Partnership have hailed the beneficial protection and capital support it provides.

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has achieved the upsized target for its new Commonwealth Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) catastrophe bond sponsorship, with $200 million of multi-peril reinsurance limit now secured, while the notes priced at the middle of the lowered guidance range, Artemis understands.

MultiStrat, the specialist underwriter, reinsurance investment facilitator and casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) company, has hired former Securis investor relations employee Weston Tompkins as its new Executive Director of Capital Markets.

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The first ever insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance in Brazil has been completed today, as local reinsurance firm IRB (Re) sponsored the issuance of a R$33.7 million deal to securitize surety bond risks, using its Andrina Special Purpose Insurance Entity (SSPE).

As we continue to track catastrophe bond market activity through this very busy 2025, total settled issuance analysed by Artemis has already surpassed $15 billion, while the outstanding cat bond market has grown by 15.5% since the end of last year.