Catastrophe bond market activity in 2025 resulted in a landmark year of issuance for the sector, as adoption of the cat bond as a structure for reinsurance protection and alternative asset class accelerated and expanded. Beyond the headline figures, such as 2025 being the first year to see over $20 billion of cat bond issuance, numerous other records fell.
Having published our new report that analyses fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 catastrophe bond market activity as the new year began, we thought it would be interesting to look at some of the records that fell.
This isn’t an exhaustive list, there are others. But suffice to say numerous cat bond market records fell in 2025, all reflecting the fact the cat bond product is cementing an ever more important position in the global risk transfer and reinsurance tower, while generating increasingly broad investor attention and support.
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