Cat bond market expected return rises, 2025 could be third double-digit year in a row: Lane Financial
Pricing in the catastrophe bond secondary market already implies a lighter hurricane season impact and actual losses are running below expected levels, which leads Lane Financial to estimate expected returns for the cat bond market of around 10.5% in 2025, giving the potential for this to be a third year of double-digit returns in a […]
Talent gap a challenge for the re/insurance industry amid evolving global landscape: Toucan
The global insurance and reinsurance industry is facing a significant talent gap, a challenge exacerbated by outdated recruitment practices and, in some cases, a lack of understanding of specialised industry roles, Marco Silva and Lucian Chiroiu, co-founders of Toucan, shared with Reinsurance News in a recent interview. Toucan, a UK recruiting company specialising in the […]
Climate change to fuel reinsurance volumes, spur demand for alternative capital: Morningstar DBRS
As per a new report from Morningstar DBRS, climate change is expected to be a meaningful primary long-term driver of reinsurance volumes. However, while the reinsurance market is currently at overcapacity, this is setting the stage for softer conditions in the medium term, the analysis states. Analysts also suggest that as demand for reinsurance continues […]
ADB adds disaster risk and parametric insurance expertise with Cook hire from World Bank
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has hired Samantha Cook from the World Bank, who brings deep experience in disaster risk insurance arrangements, including parametric risk transfer and instruments such as catastrophe bonds. Samantha Cook has joined the Asian Development Bank (ADB) this month as Director, Disaster Risk Management and will be based in the Philippines. […]
ILS market healthy, but opportunities for further refinement exist: Hilti, Euler ILS Partners
The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market remains in good shape, but opportunities exist to refine terms and conditions in the traditional reinsurance space, where coverage in some areas remains broad, Niklaus Hilti, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Euler ILS Partners, told Artemis in a recent interview. Artemis spoke to Hilti around the recent Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous […]
Cat bonds highlighted as an untapped fixed income impact and return opportunity
While fixed income is the world’s largest asset class, it is not commonly recognised for investments making social or environmental impact. But a recent report explains why investors should look more closely at fixed income assets and catastrophe bonds are highlighted as one impact investing opportunity within the segment. The report comes from a research […]
Twelve Securis is seller of the seasoned life ILS portfolio Hudson Structured is acquiring
Artemis can reveal that specialist ILS manager Twelve Securis is the seller of a seasoned portfolio of life insurance-linked securities (ILS) that Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd. (HSCM) is acquiring through the launch of a new fund, with this deal demonstrating the increasing sophistication of market players and growing maturity of the ILS sector. Yesterday, […]
A vision for the future of UK ILS, Nylesh Shah, PRA: Artemis London 2025
This video features the opening keynote of the day at Artemis London 2025, a speech by Nylesh Shah of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), from our fourth catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference in the City of London, UK, held on September 2nd 2025. Over 220 attendees joined our Artemis London 2025 conference to hear […]
Risk modeling advances unlock new opportunities in ILS: Acton & Harris, Moody’s
As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continues to evolve, both catastrophe and non-catastrophe models are critical components for trading, particularly in the 144A format, according to executives at Moody’s, who told Artemis that they view the ILS sector as a “very important element” of the re/insurance market. Artemis spoke with Charlotte Acton, Senior Director- Advisory […]
SBAI seeks to demystify ILS investing with new guide
The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) has published an Introduction to Insurance Investing, a concise, practitioner-focused guide to Insurance-Linked Strategies (ILS), designed to demystify the asset class while promoting transparency and informed decision-making across the institutional investment landscape. According to the announcement, the guide was developed by the SBAI’s ILS Working Group, comprised of […]