ILS increasingly institutional. But investor education still critically important: Convergence 2025
During a panel discussion at the ILS Bermuda Convergence 2025 conference yesterday, speakers were asked to discuss what they’ve seen in the way of improvements in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class over the last five years, with the institutionalisation of ILS and continuing efforts in educating investors both seen as key. The panellists were […]
Rest Super cat bond allocation via Twelve Securis grows ~85% to US $242m in last year
Rest Super, one of the Australian superannuation funds that has around 2 million members and $100 billion in funds under management, has grown its insurance-linked securities (ILS) allocation to catastrophe bonds through ILS manager Twelve Securis over the last year to around US $242 million. Rest Super began allocating to the ILS asset class through […]
IDF urges global shift from disaster response to prevention
Saoirse Jones of Zurich Insurance and Mathieu Verougstraete of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), both Co-Chairs of the Insurance Development Forum’s Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group, are calling on governments, investors, and insurers to shift the global approach from reacting to disasters to actively preventing them According to the Insurance Development […]
Hannover Re Capital Partners the “missing piece” of our ILS business: Sehm
At the Hannover Re investor day this week Executive Board Member Silke Sehm explained that the establishment of Hannover Re Capital Partners unit is seen as a new sidecar business opportunity, that will help the reinsurance firm write more property catastrophe risk and earn additional fee income. We reported on the coming launch of Hannover […]
Expanding alt capital driving efficiency by moving closer to underlying risks: Aon
In a recent article, global broker Aon has highlighted that the continued growth of alternative capital sources is enabling more efficient risk management by bringing solutions closer with underlying risks. Aon suggests that risk buyers can more readily access these alternative capital sources through a risk capital strategy approach, which can help diversify exposures and […]
NZ Gov Super Fund could expand ILS investments as Elementum Advisors appointed
The Government Superannuation Fund Authority of New Zealand has demonstrated its growing appetite to invest into catastrophe bonds and other catastrophe reinsurance opportunities, by adding insurance-linked securities (ILS) specialist Elementum Advisors to its roster of managers this year. Having invested into insurance-linked securities (ILS) for more than a decade, this is the first expansion of […]
Alternative risk transfer methods present opportunity to manage property volatility: Aon
Organisations facing increasing property program volatility can benefit from alternative risk transfer strategies, unlocking access to strategic sources of capital and supporting long-term program stability, according to Aon. The long-term view of property risk is increasingly volatile and complex. Risk buyers are currently navigating two opposing dynamics in the global property insurance market: pricing conditions […]
Re/insurance is at the heart of Sustainable Development Goals: GIC Re’s Hitesh Joshi
Delivering a keynote speech at the 29th Federation of the Afro-Asian Insurers & Reinsurers (FAIR) General Assembly in Mumbai, India, earlier this week, Hitesh R. Joshi, Executive Director at Indian reinsurance company GIC Re, said that re/insurance is key to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as he underlined the need for resilient growth. Ahead […]
Higher EL cat bonds see growth as investors increase appetite for frequency risks: Moody’s
According to Moody’s Ratings, issuance of higher expected loss (EL) catastrophe bonds has risen slightly in 2024 and 2025, as pricing for higher-severity risks has declined, encouraging investors to allocate more capacity to higher-frequency exposures. It’s important to note that catastrophe bonds that are more exposed to higher frequency losses typically carry higher ELs, while […]
Aggregate cat bonds seeing earlier/faster price recovery on loss-free (so far) hurricane season
Secondary market prices of some catastrophe bonds that provide their sponsors aggregate reinsurance or retrocessional coverage have been increasing at what is viewed as being a faster pace, than is typically anticipated, in recent months, with some sources suggesting a contributor is the fact hurricane season has so far run loss-free in 2025. A number […]