Non-life insurance-linked securities capital hit record $142bn after Q1: Gallagher Securities
The amount of non-life alternative reinsurance capital from catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS) grew by more than 5% just in the first-quarter of the year, with Gallagher Securities estimating $7 billion of incremental capital was added, to take non-life ILS capital outstanding to $142 billion at the end of Q1 2026. It sets a […]
Cambridge underscores its ILS advisory capability, sees asset class as valuable diversifier
Cambridge Associates, the global investment firm that provides specialist advisory and portfolio construction services, highlights insurance-linked securities, seeing the asset class as a valuable diversifier for client portfolios. In a world full of uncertainty, the company believes liquid diversifiers, such as catastrophe bonds and ILS are increasingly a relevant asset class for institutional portfolios. Cambridge […]
Alternative / ILS capital rises to $141bn, drives reinsurance market growth in early 2026: Aon
Reinsurance capital reached a record high of $790 billion by the end of Q1 2026, but it was alternative or third-party reinsurance capital, so that deployed through insurance-linked securities and related collateralized structures, which was the sole driver of growth as it reached $141 billion, rising 4% from the end of the year, according to […]