Leadenhall cautious on ILS expansion into longer tailed & casualty risks: CEO Albertini
While the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space continues to expand into longer tailed and casualty lines, Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP is taking a cautious stance, with CEO Luca Albertini highlighting the challenges such risk transfers can pose for the capital markets. In recent years, the ILS industry has significantly expanded into long-tail read the full article →
P&C and life insurers leverage alt capital to navigate market shifts: Deloitte
As per accountancy firm Deloitte’s 2026 Global Insurance Outlook, property and casualty (P&C) and life insurers are increasingly turning to investor-backed and other forms of alternative capital to navigate shifting market conditions. In its 2026 outlook, the firm notes that property and casualty (P&C) carriers will need more flexible capital models read the full article →
Hurricane Melissa nears Jamaica. Cat bond, parametrics can provide valuable recovery finance
As major hurricane Melissa bears down on the Caribbean island nation of Jamaica, the significant intensity of the storm could activate the country's parametric catastrophe bond and insurance protection triggers which, should they pay out, will provide a valuable source of financial liquidity and recovery funding at a particularly challenging read the full article →
Stone Ridge provides Everest $1.2bn adverse development reinsurance through Longtail Re
Stone Ridge, the New York based alternative risk premia focused investment management group, has executed on a $1.2 billion adverse development reinsurance cover for global re/insurer Everest Group. The adverse development reinsurance agreement came into force from October 1st 2025 and was supported by reinsurer Longtail Re, which is an affiliate read the full article →
Cat bonds a natural tool, issuance likely to stay at current size: Adderley, Appleby
With catastrophe bond and related ILS issuance set to exceed the record $20 billion figure by the end of 2025, this momentum is expected to persist, as Brad Adderley, Partner at global law firm Appleby suggests that issuance will stay at least at its current size for the time being. Artemis read the full article →
Reinsurance a “meaningful and unique return stream for portfolios”, says US Bank
In a world where while asset prices are rising the outlook remains uncertain with volatility lurking, wealth managers at US Bank, the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States, have again spotlighted reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) as potentially valuable diversification for investors at this time. Providing its investment outlook for read the full article →
King Ridge Capital Advisors establishes UCITS ETF catastrophe bond fund structure
King Ridge Capital Advisors LLC, the specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager and the sub-advisor to the Brookmont Catastrophic Bond ETF (ILS), has established a UCITS ETF catastrophe bond fund structure in Ireland. ETF Stream was first to report today that King Ridge Capital Advisors is working with UCITS ETF white-label read the full article →
Jamaica cat bond marked down. Hurricane Melissa forecast for intense major landfall
Jamaica's $150 million IBRD CAR Jamaica 2024 parametric World Bank catastrophe bond has been marked down on secondary pricing sheets and the US National Hurricane Center forecast cone still shows a major hurricane Melissa landfall. This article was originally published on October 25th. Melissa became a hurricane on Saturday evening UK read the full article →
Rational behaviour unlikely amid persistent capacity in property cat reinsurance: Goldman Sachs
In a recent report released by Goldman Sachs, analysts convey a distinct skepticism regarding the rational behaviour of the property catastrophe reinsurance market, emphasising that the structural conditions have not altered and that signs of undisciplined competition continue to exist, even in the absence of more favourable market dynamics. Fundamentally, analysts read the full article →
Plenum Investments grows European Insurance Bond Fund to more than €200m
Plenum Investments AG, the Swiss based specialist manager of catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, has experienced substantial growth in assets raised for its Plenum European Insurance Bond Fund, a UCITS investment strategy focused on the debt issuances of European insurers. As readers may recall, Plenum launched the fund in read the full article →
