Insurance-linked securities attract DACH investor interest, allocations to rise: BAI survey
A survey of 105 institutional investors across the DACH-region undertaken by the German association for alternative investments, shows that an increasing number of allocators in the region are choosing catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities, while more indicate they intend to enter the sector. The German association for alternative investments, the BAI or the Bundesverband Alternative […]
Fronting companies to engage more frequently with ILS market: AM Best
Rating agency AM Best has indicated in a new report that fronting companies are expected to engage more frequently with the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market to drive capacity diversification using catastrophe bonds, sidecars and collateralized reinsurance structures. In its report, AM Best notes that the property and casualty fronting market continued to grow at a […]
Catastrophe bond market to hit second $20bn+ issuance year at fastest pace yet
As the catastrophe bond market pipeline builds for the fourth-quarter of 2026, we are already tracking what will be only the second ever year where issuance of 144A catastrophe bonds and private cat bond deals has exceeded the $20 billion level, while currently the market remains on a faster issuance pace than 2025. Catastrophe bond […]