Micro-catastrophe bonds show growing potential for use in disaster risk financing: OECD
A trend towards smaller catastrophe bond issues becoming more feasible as market infrastructure improves has been highlighted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), who suggest that what they term micro-catastrophe bonds have relevant application in disaster risk financing initiatives. A policy brief authored by Kensuke Molnar-Tanaka and Prasiwi Ibrahim of the OECD […]
ILS fund gains accelerate, cat bonds particularly strong. Average August return 1.39%: ILS Advisers
Insurance-linked securities investment fund strategies, across catastrophe bonds and private ILS, saw returns accelerating in August 2026, as the average ILS fund performance reached 1.39% and cat bond funds had a particularly strong month, latest data from the ILS Advisers Fund Index shows. August 2026 now becomes the best-performing month of the year so far for the […]
Catastrophe bond soft market not yet at 2017 levels, but could last another year: Lane Financial
The current soft market in catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS) is not yet at the depressed levels seen in 2017, analysis from consultancy Lane Financial LLC shows. But the company suggests the soft cat bond market could last another year, if 2026 continues to run loss-free. In its last analysis of the catastrophe bond […]