Asia-Pacific reinsurers can use ILS capital to compete with global peers: AM Best

Reinsurance companies in the Asia Pacific region can leverage insurance-linked securities (ILS) and alternative capital to capture hardening market opportunities and become more competitive with their global peers, rating agency AM Best has advised. Alternative capital and insurance-linked securities (ILS) can help to make regional reinsurers more competitive in their home countries and also globally, […]

Climate change stimulates catastrophe bond market development: Fitch

In a new report, rating agency Fitch states that climate change is stimulating the development of the catastrophe bond market, as demand for protection rises and the capital markets offers an efficient source of reinsurance against climate-linked catastrophe events. While the reinsurance market is facing challenges from macro-economic factors such as inflation, a persistent threat […]