reinsurance

The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) has raised the target size for its latest catastrophe bond, with now between $300 million and $400 million of earthquake reinsurance limit sought from this Ursa Re II Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance, Artemis has learned.

Everest Re, the global reinsurer arm of Everest Group, is back in the catastrophe bond market with a two series issuance that seeks at least $450 million of collateralized retrocession split across four and five year terms, under Kilimanjaro II Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) and Kilimanjaro II Re Ltd. (Series 2025-2) transactions.

Tangency Capital Ltd., an investment manager in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space with a focus on reinsurance quota share instruments, added a new Senior Analyst towards the end of last year, as experienced insurance-linked securities (ILS), parametric insurance and weather derivatives Bernard Finas had joined the company.

Expanding use of third-party capital, reinsurance sidecars and partnerships with insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors is opening up additional sources of capital for managing general agents (MGA’s), which broker Gallagher Re says helped replace capacity from major reinsurers that have reduced their participation in the MGA marketplace.

The overall yield of the catastrophe bond market rose slightly to 10.93% by May 30th 2025, as seasonal spread widening now nears its end and a returning trend of rising prices is anticipated, according to Plenum Investments.

Tangency Capital Ltd., an investment manager in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space with a focus on reinsurance quota share instruments, has hired former Twelve Securis capital raising and investor relations specialist Alison Wallis as its new Investor Relations Manager.

Growth in the portfolio of property insurance player HCI Group Inc. has resulted in a need for significantly more reinsurance at the 2025 renewals, with the company securing over $3.5 billion of limit across its towers, up 30% from the $2.7 billion secured a year ago.

Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon has announced that Andy Marcell has been appointed CEO of Global Solutions, a key role aimed at further integrating Aon’s Risk Capital and Human Capital capabilities.

The catastrophe bond market is playing an increasingly important role in the Florida reinsurance landscape, as growing investor appetite drives competitive pricing and offers much-needed capacity relief for carriers, according to Randy Fuller, Managing Director at Guy Carpenter.

American Coastal Insurance Company (AmCoastal) has successfully renewed its core catastrophe reinsurance program for 2025/26 with first event limit now extending to an estimated higher $1.33 billion, as it secured 4% more in coverage for roughly $1.676 billion of occurrence-based limit in the aggregate.