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2025 saw a long-standing pattern reverse within the catastrophe bond market, as diversifying risks began offering spreads comparable or higher than those of traditional peak perils, while valuations between index-linked and indemnity structures normalised, Florian Steiger, CEO of Icosa Investments AG highlighted in a recent report.

As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector expands, investors are being drawn to the market by its strong performance over the past several years, its diversification benefits, and the attractive relative value currently offered by catastrophe bond spreads compared with those of other asset classes, according to Schroders Capital’s Stephan Ruoff.

Welcome to Artemis’ 2025 Monte Carlo Rendezvous Executive Roundtable, during which nine leaders and experts from across the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance sector discussed the current state and future prospects of the market.

Welcome to Artemis’ 2024 Monte Carlo Rendezvous Executive Roundtable, in which nine expert speakers from across the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space discussed the sustainability of current market conditions and returns, investor sentiment, potential growth areas, and more.

The average multiple (price coupon, or spread, divided by expected loss) of catastrophe bond notes issued has been on the rise for around two years, and in the third quarter of 2023 reached a new quarter high of 6.87, according to Artemis’ data.

The recent stabilisation of pricing in the catastrophe bond issuance market is a positive signal for the broader catastrophe reinsurance market, suggesting that technical levels have been reached and capital providers will go no lower, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley.

The decline in catastrophe bond and insurance-linked security (ILS) spreads and premiums over the last year has been well document, with some tranches seeing 40% declines in pricing over comparable issuance a year earlier.

In its latest look at the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market reinsurer Swiss Re suggests that the tight spread environment seen on cat bond issues through 2013 so far is set to continue. Tighter spreads and lower pricing has been driven by investor demand providing an attractive environment for cat bond sponsors.

2012 saw rollercoaster-like conditions for secondary catastrophe bond trading as the market saw ups and downs over the course of what was a very good year for primary cat bond issuance. With primary cat bond issuance high and capital readily available to put to work in new transactions at the start of the year, the […]

The average expected losses, as measured at deal issuance, of the outstanding catastrophe bond market remained relatively static throughout 2012, according to data from insurance-linked securities consultancy Lane Financial LLC. In its latest quarterly ILS market update report data shows that the average expected loss has risen by just .01 over the course of the year. […]