reinsurance

Investor appetite within reinsurance and insurance-linked strategies has expanded significantly over the last year, as market-responsive investors continue to deploy capital attracted by strong risk-adjusted returns and relative value compared to high-yield credit, which is currently trading at historically tight spreads, according to Cate Kenworthy, Managing Director, Howden Capital Markets & Advisory.

Liberty Mutual Insurance is back in the catastrophe bond market aiming to secure at least $125 million of indemnity based, multi-peril catastrophe reinsurance protection from the capital markets through a Mystic Re IV Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis has learned.

In a recent panel discussing how reinsurance strategies can expand insurance access in India, Mahipal Reddy, Executive Director, International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), GIFT City, Gujarat, suggested that the analytical framework already set in place for catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS) will drive the popularity of parametric solutions.

Mt. Logan Re Ltd., the third-party capitalised sidecar-like structure operated by Everest Group’s Mt. Logan Capital Management unit, has received slightly less in written premiums from its parent through the first nine months of 2025.

Atrium, a specialty insurer at the Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance marketplace has been granted “in principle” approval from Lloyd’s to launch its new delegated property catastrophe and weather and climate risk-focused Syndicate 2026 and has secured backing from both traditional and institutional capital sources.

Catastrophe risk modelling specialist Karen Clark & Company (KCC), has launched a new version of its US Severe Convective Storm (SCS) model, with the firm indicating that this update is expected to provide the accuracy and stability required by reinsurers and ILS investors for capital allocation concerning the severe thunderstorm peril.

Willis, a business of insurance and reinsurance broker WTW and Rare, the global conservation organisation have teamed up to launch a parametric insurance solution for small-scale fishers in the Philippines, with capacity provided by the Natural Disaster Fund (NDF).

A recent commentary by Schroders Capital’s Vice Chairman of Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) Dirk Lohmann highlights how the firm takes “an own view of risk” to enhance its ability to effectively model index-based catastrophe bonds, which ultimately helps the organisation to build resilient portfolios.

The California FAIR Plan Association is sponsoring its first catastrophe bond, with an initial target to secure $250 million or greater in capital markets backed wildfire reinsurance protection through a Golden Bear Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) cat bond issuance, Artemis has learned.

Farmers Insurance Group has returned to the catastrophe bond market for its second sponsorship, seeking at least $300 million of multi-peril US catastrophe reinsurance protection from the capital markets with a Topanga Re (Series 2025-1) issuance.