Investor interest in cat bonds and ILS outpaces market issuance growth: Guatteri, Swiss Re ILS

Swiss Re is seeing broader and more engaged interest in catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities from institutional investors, with this increasing even faster than the substantial issuance growth seen in recent years, according to Mariagiovanna Guatteri, CIO, Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Strategies Inc.

Speaking with Artemis around the time of the 2026 Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) reinsurance industry event, Guatteri explained that investors in ILS are increasingly appreciative of the deep in-house understanding of perils that a global reinsurer can provide.

Discussing the health of the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities market, Guatteri acknowledged an inevitable move along the risk curve as the market expands, something she sees as reasonable as long as returns remain adequate for the risks being assumed.

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