Cat bond market expansion and attractive private ILS opportunities lay ahead: HCMA
During an interview, executives at Howden Capital Markets & Advisory outlined how the catastrophe bond market has evolved into a well-established asset class that helps strengthen systemic resilience for public and private entities, while also acknowledging how private ILS continues to present attractive opportunities for cedants and investors heading into read the full article →
Property cat rates to remain adequate, but less profitable in peak zones & perils in 2026: Mizuho Americas
According to equity analysts from Mizuho Americas, property catastrophe reinsurance rates are expected to remain adequate but less profitable in 2026 across peak zones and perils, while reinsurers are projected to deliver strong returns in 2025, aided by retained earnings growth and increasing ILS participation. The analyst team is led by read the full article →
Cincinnati Insurance gets $150m Skyline Re II multi-peril cat bond at reduced pricing
Cincinnati Insurance Companies has now secured the targeted $150 million of fully-collateralized reinsurance from the capital markets through its new Skyline Re II Ltd. (Series 2025-1) catastrophe bond, as the notes have now been priced to pay a lower spread than the initial guidance, sources have told Artemis. We had reported read the full article →
MS Amlin places new Phoenix Re securitized sidecar notes for 2026. $24.5m seen so far
MS Amlin is back in the market to place securitized notes under its Phoenix Re series of collateralized reinsurance sidecar deals, with a $24.5 million tranche of notes under its Singapore registered Special Purpose Reinsurance Vehicle named Phoenix 2 Re Pte. Ltd. so far, Artemis can reveal. 2026 will be the read the full article →
G20 Ministers call for disaster risk reduction (DRR), parametric insurance, cat bonds
Ministers from the G20, or Group of Twenty recently came together in Johannesburg, South Africa to address major global challenges and ways to promote sustainability, with members underscoring the importance of investing in building sustainable resilience through the use of disaster risk reduction (DRR) tools such as catastrophe bonds and read the full article →
Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Investment Advisors Corporation to make Weissman CEO
The Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Investment Advisors Corporation (SRILIAC) ILS investment management division of global reinsurance firm Swiss Re will start 2026 with a new CEO, as Leigh Weissman is being promoted to the position and Dr. Mariagiovanna Guatteri will then focus solely on leading the investment strategy as CIO. Earlier this read the full article →
Montoya Re 2025-2 cat bond will become a ‘cornerstone’ of Inigo’s capital stack: Alvarez
Inigo Insurance’s sponsorship of its fifth and largest catastrophe bond yet, the $255 million Montoya Re Ltd. (Series 2025-2) issuance, which is more than double the size of any of the company’s previous cat bonds, is expected to serve as a “cornerstone” of the firm’s capital stack, Adam Alvarez, Head read the full article →
Reinsurers hold firm as increase in retentions contains cat losses: J.P. Morgan
With 2025 marking the fifth consecutive year in which global catastrophe claims have exceeded $100 billion, analysts at J.P. Morgan emphasised that the impact on reinsurers has been less damaging, in the main because higher cedant retentions continue to shift a greater share of losses back to primary carriers. As a read the full article →
Meritage Re 2026-1 cat bond priced to provide GeoVera and SafePort $200m of reinsurance
Sponsors GeoVera and SafePort have settled for $200 million of US named storm reinsurance protection from the new Meritage Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) catastrophe bond, opting not to upsize the offering, but securing the coverage at lower pricing, Artemis can report. Initially, when it launched to investors earlier in December, this read the full article →
Plenum Investments’ cat bond funds exceed $1.1bn in assets
Plenum Investments, the specialist manager of catastrophe bond and other reinsurance-linked assets, has announced that its two flagship CAT bond funds have achieved significant milestones, reaching a total combined volume of over $1.1 billion. As per the announcement, the Plenum CAT Bond Dynamic Fund has surpassed $500 million, while the Plenum read the full article →
