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In the current market environment, cedents choosing to sponsor catastrophe bonds can benefit from more favourable economics than with traditional reinsurance covers in some risk layers, rating agency AM Best has said.

UCITS catastrophe bond fund strategies delivered an average return of 0.46% for February 2026 taking their year-to-date performance to 1.00%, according to the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices.

The North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association (NCIUA) has secured its second catastrophe bond with an integrated disaster resilience bond feature, as the Cape Lookout Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) notes have now been priced to provide it an upsized $600 million of annual aggregate named storm reinsurance, Artemis has learned.

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SageSure’s successful sponsorship of its latest catastrophe bond, the $175 million Gateway Re Ltd. (Series 2026-2) issuance, is a testament to the transparency and performance of the managing general underwriters (MGUs) underwriting platform, President and CEO Terrence McLean said today.

At the January reinsurance renewals SCOR grew its North America catastrophe risk book, seeing pricing as still attractive and also expecting other opportunities to deploy more capacity there this year, while the reinsurer also expanded its Risk Partnerships business where third-party capital partners participate.

A new Gallagher Re white paper argues that blending cyber tail risk with uncorrelated property catastrophe risk in shared-limit reinsurance structures can lower pricing and improve efficiency for cedants, though the firm notes that long-term success will also require participation from the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market.

Global re/insurance broking group Aon has appointed George Attard as Global Head of Analytics for Reinsurance Solutions, in addition to his role as Chief Strategy Officer for Reinsurance Solutions.

Liberty Mutual, the insurance and reinsurance group, has disclosed that its aggregate reinsurance protection has been lifted higher up the tower for 2026, with the $500 million of limit set to attach excess of $3.15 billion this year, while on the occurrence limit side it appears one of the Mystic Re catastrophe bonds has been […]

For insurance and reinsurance companies, the expansion of insurance-linked securities and the catastrophe bond market are viewed as credit positive by KBRA, with the rating agency explaining that the additional capacity the ILS market offers is increasingly important, supporting capital flexibility and protecting sector balance-sheets.