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The Colorado State University (CSU) tropical meteorology team has maintained its forecast for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season to see above-average levels of activity, citing low odds of El Niño occurring during the peak season and keeping its forecast numbers relatively aligned with the recent 10-year average.

Kin Insurance has increased the size of its Florida reinsurance tower by 40% at the mid-year renewals, securing $1.4 billion of limits for that state, while its reinsurance coverage for other states (ex-CA) it operates in grew even more to surpass $250 million in limits.

The first-quarter 2025 results of global re/insurer Aspen drives home the importance of the growing fee income the company has been generating through its Aspen Capital Markets third-party, ILS and alternative reinsurance capital management unit.

As South Asia faces escalating threats from extreme weather events, the World Bank Group is urging policymakers to scale up innovative financial tools such as weather-index insurance to help households and businesses manage climate risks more effectively.

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The Board of African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd), the financial affiliate and parametric insurance underwriting entity of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group, has announced the appointment of David Maslo as interim CEO, effective June 16th, 2025.

Having increased the capital base of its Lifson Re collateralized reinsurance sidecar structure and raised the proportional quota share for 2025, W. R. Berkley ceded a significant 82% more in reinsurance and retrocession premiums to the structure in the first-quarter of 2025.

At Artemis’ ILS NYC 2025 conference, a panel composed of leaders from across the ILS value chain delivered a bullish message about the future of the casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) space.

Vermont Mutual Insurance Company has now raised the target size of its new Baldwin Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) catastrophe bond issuance, with the company now looking to secure up to $250 million of capital markets-backed reinsurance protection to cover losses in north east US states.

Global P&C insurer AmTrust Financial Services has now secured its latest catastrophe bond, at the 50% upsized top-end target size to source $150 million of northeast US named storm reinsurance protection from the capital markets with its new Solis Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance, at a spread fixed at the low-end of guidance.