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Despite the fact property catastrophe reinsurance rates have moderated somewhat, analysts at Jefferies said the market remains attractive and they do not classify it as soft given pricing remains above 2022 levels at this time.

Cyber risk could eventually stand alongside U.S. wind and U.S. earthquake as the catastrophe bond market’s third peak peril, according to a recent commentary from global independent alternative and active investment management firm, Man Group.

News continues to emerge that reflects the increased availability of aggregate reinsurance protection, as an analyst report shows Italian insurance and financial services group Unipol secured a planned €300 million aggregate reinsurance treaty to better protect it against smaller catastrophes and weather losses.

Insurance carriers in Florida are likely to turn to the private reinsurance and capital markets for even more limit after two state funded reinsurance facilities were amended in recent days.

The overall yield of the catastrophe bond market increased to above the 11% mark in June 2025, the first time it has surpassed that level since October 2024, but with the hurricane season now underway the expectation is for the discount margin to decrease, according to cat bond fund manager Plenum Investments.

The Mangrove Risk Solutions private insurance-linked securities (ILS) platform operated by Marsh McLennan and reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has issued its largest private catastrophe bond deal so far, with a $102.5 million Mangrove Risk Solutions Bermuda Ltd. (Series 2025-A) that has come to light in July.

The cohort of lower-risk catastrophe bond funds in the UCITS format are still leading the way year-to-date in 2025, with an average 3.06% return to June 27th. But the higher-risk cohort of cat bond funds are now narrowing the gap, as impacts from wildfire and aggregate losses and mark-to-market adjustments move further into the past.

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Following a very active start to the year, the second quarter of 2025 appears to have been significantly quieter in terms of large natural catastrophe losses for the global re/insurance industry, according to a new report from J.P. Morgan.

Aeolus Capital Management Ltd., the specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance investment manager, has announced the appointment of Ross Cooper as a Risk Analyst, based in Bermuda.