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The fifth named tropical storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has now formed, as Erin has now been named. The US National Hurricane Center forecast cone suggests we could see hurricane Erin by Wednesday and a potential major hurricane Erin by this weekend, but with its exact direction of travel very uncertain at this […]

Findings from a new survey released by broker Aon has highlighted a significant gap in catastrophe model utilisation, which can ultimately impact how re/insurers assess risk, structure capital and respond to disaster scenarios.

Bermuda has continued to see strong registration numbers of new catastrophe bond, insurance-linked security (ILS) and alternative or third-party reinsurance capital related entities through the first-half of 2025, with the total rising slightly according to Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) data.

Catastrophe bond funds in the UCITS format experienced their best month of 2025 so far in July, as seasonality kicked in and lifted the average performance for the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices to a 4.39% return year-to-date.

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According to Munich Re’s CEO, price pressure in reinsurance from alternative capital and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors is “simply non-existent” with no major build-up of ILS capital seen and Joachim Wenning also does not believe reinsurance is soft.

Strategic Risk Solutions, Inc., an independent provider of insurance, reinsurance and captive management and consulting services, has promoted long-standing employee Andrew Hupman as its new head of office for SRS Bermuda.

The Mangrove Risk Solutions private insurance-linked securities (ILS) platform operated by Marsh McLennan and reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has issued another private cat bond lite deal, as a roughly $22.43 million Mangrove Risk Solutions Bermuda Ltd. (Series 2025-C1) transaction has come to market, Artemis has learned.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), the largest municipal utility operating in the United States, has scaled back its latest catastrophe bond issuance, with the company now targeting $100 million of wildfire protection from its 123 Lights Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) deal, down from earlier guidance of up to $150 million, Artemis […]

Aspen, the global re/insurer, saw fee income earned for managing third-party investor capital rising faster still in the second-quarter of 2025, as third-party, ILS and alternative reinsurance capital management unit Aspen Capital Markets continued to expand its footprint.