Insurance linked securities news, ILS news

The Brookmont Catastrophic Bond ETF (ILS), saw 150,750 shares traded in its first day listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), resulting in $3.03 million of trading volume in dollar terms, which is well above the median for all exchange traded funds.

The opposing forces of seasonality and demand continued to drive the overall yield of the catastrophe bond market sideways through March, ending the month at 10.43% so remaining relatively flat over the period, according to the latest data from Plenum Investments.

France-headquartered global reinsurance company SCOR is aiming to upsize its latest catastrophe bond issuance, with its target for the Atlas Capital DAC (Series 2025-1) issuance now set at between $200 million and as much as $240 million in fully-collateralized retrocession, Artemis has learned.

Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Investment Management Ltd. (SRILIM), one of the specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund management units of the global reinsurance firm, has a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), as long-standing employee Bernard Bachmann stepped into the role this month, Artemis has learned.

Radix Insurance Linked Strategies (Radix ILS), the recently launched Bermuda-based third-party capital manager and tech-first reinsurance capacity deployment company, has made two hires in Bermuda, adding underwriting and actuarial expertise in instruments including property, retrocession and industry-loss warranties (ILWs).

Catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) market issuance reached a huge $7.1 billion for the first-quarter of 2025, which has driven the size of the outstanding market to a new all-time-high of $52.2 billion, Artemis’ new quarterly cat bond market report shows.

Florida Peninsula Insurance Company has now successfully priced its latest catastrophe bond transaction, securing the 43% upsized target of $250 million of named storm reinsurance protection from the new Palm Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance, while pricing of the notes was finalised roughly 10% below the mid-point of the initial guidance range, Artemis has learned.

During a recent interview with Artemis, Kier James, Chief Underwriting Officer of MultiStrat, discussed the firm’s recent growth across the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, while also highlighting how retro market conditions have become more favourable for buyers throughout recent months.

The catastrophe bond market is forecast to have the potential to deliver a total return of around 8.5% in 2025, even after accounting for an expected level of losses to bonds during the year, according to consultancy Lane Financial LLC.

The amount of alternative capital from insurance-linked security (ILS) and third-party investor sources in the global reinsurance market grew by 7% in 2024, to end the year at a new high of $115 billion, according to Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions.