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The US National Hurricane Center’s latest forecast, for what remains tropical depression nine at this time, is for the developing system to become tropical storm Isaias later today, after which it is forecast to intensify into a hurricane and head towards a landfall on the Gulf Coast.

CatIQ, Canada’s insured loss and exposure index provider, has raised its insurance industry loss estimate for the severe thunderstorm event that impacted parts of southern Ontario and southern Quebec between June 30th and July 3rd, 2026, to CAD $491 million, a 12% increase from the firm’s second loss estimate of $439 million.

Arbol, the technology-led underwriter of parametric risk transfer, climate, and weather re/insurance business, has announced that it has launched an Innovation Unit, which is set to be led by Dr. Clement Atzberger, who has been appointed to the role of Chief Scientist.

VisionFund, the financial inclusion arm of World Vision, working alongside with Global Parametrics and co-financed by the InsuResilience Solutions Fund, will design a two-peril parametric meso-insurance product for World Vision offices in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Peru, as part of the wider Amazon Basin Initiative.

Sven Althoff, Member of the Executive Board for Property & Casualty at Hannover Re, has said that third-party capital is certainly part of the reinsurer’s strategy, describing it as more than just complementary capacity, whilst also adding that it is creating opportunities for Hannover Re.

Our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference will be held four months today. Having opened up ticket sales for ILS NYC 2027 last week, more than 60% of the lowest rate places at the conference have already been sold. Reserve your place now while the Super Early Bird rate lasts.

African Risk Capacity Ltd., the financial affiliate and parametric insurance underwriting entity of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group, has promoted Jackline Muthengi to Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO).

Chinese domestic insurer PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited seems to have returned to sponsor its second catastrophe bond using its Hong Kong domiciled special purpose insurer Great Wall Re Limited, as information of a new tranche of notes has appeared albeit with very limited details available at this time.

Catastrophe bond funds structured as UCITS investment strategies are now averaging a 6.67% return for the year to September 25th 2026, which is already the fourth best year on record for the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices.

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