Cat bond market drives ILS growth, moderate expansion to continue: Moody’s
According to Moody’s Investors Service, the catastrophe bond market remains the key driver of growth in insurance-linked securities (ILS), expecting a moderate pace of growth to continue as cat bonds become increasingly embedded into cedent reinsurance towers. But a rapid growth phase for the cat bond market is not anticipated by the rating agency, because of […]
Our Programme was shortlisted for the AXCO’s Global Insurance Awards’24
Phoenix CRetro is delighted to be shortlisted for the Axco Global Insurance Awards in the Best Training Initiative in Global Risk category. Now its 2nd year, the Axco Global Insurance Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements, innovation and collaboration of the insurance ecosystem managing complex global risk. Following a thorough judging process, Phoenix CRetro was shortlisted, […]
H2 returns drive private ILS funds above cat bond funds for 2023: ILS Advisers
Having already set a new full-year record return by the end of November, the results of the final month of 2023 have lifted the average return of private ILS funds further above catastrophe bond funds, according to the Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Index. As we reported a month ago, the Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Index had already set […]
Hedge Funds’ Mega Returns Set Off Demand Spiral for Catastrophe Bonds
As hedge funds rake in record profits in one of the riskiest corners of the debt market, the products behind those returns are now drawing in more mainstream investors. Catastrophe bonds, which last year formed the basis for the best-performing hedge fund strategy, have been delivering gains that trounce those of other high-risk fixed-income products. […]
World Bank to scale-up access to catastrophe bonds and reinsurance capital
The World Bank announced a significant expansion of the use of catastrophe bonds, reinsurance and instruments such as parametric risk transfer for countries exposed to large-scale disasters, with an ambition to embed catastrophe insurance and risk transfer instruments more deeply into its financing operations. The World Bank’s position on the use of disaster insurance and […]
Descartes expands parametric solutions beyond cat, with first cyber offering
Demonstrating its appetite to deliver parametric insurance and data-driven risk transfer solutions beyond natural catastrophe, weather and climate risks, specialist Descartes Underwriting has launched its first parametric cyber offering. The company said today that it intends to build on its successful parametric offerings, which have been naturally focused on catastrophe related risks, to offer solutions […]
Cat bond spreads show investor demand. Fading interest rates to build ILS appeal: BofA
The narrowing of catastrophe bond spreads in recent months and into early 2024 is reflective of the strong investor demand for this segment of insurance-linked securities (ILS), interest which may continue to build as the fading interest rate environment is expected to increase the relative appeal of ILS again, analysts at BofA Securities said. We […]
Jireh Connect facilitates first industry loss warranty (ILW) placement
Jireh Connect, a technology platform that targets helping brokers place risk more efficiently with reinsurance and risk capital providers and manage the process more effectively, has announced the completion of its first placement, an industry loss warranty (ILW). Jireh Connect has been launched by well-known Bermuda-based insurance-linked securities (ILS) market executive Sal Tucci. Last year, Tucci […]
First cyber cat bonds a watershed moment: Moody’s RMS video interview
The successful issuance of the first full cyber catastrophe bonds in late 2023 was a watershed moment and the role of risk models in helping insurance-linked securities investors get up to speed on what is still a relatively new peril to the ILS sector was key, executives at Moody’s RMS told us in an Artemis Live […]
Securing access to capital a key differentiator for 2024: Howden
While almost every market observer and industry analyst are expecting reinsurance capital levels to increase in 2024, broker Howden has highlighted that actually securing access to capital will be a key differentiator for market participants, as not everyone is expected to be successful. Over the last few years, capital raising for reinsurance start-ups has been […]