Regardless of the cycle, SCOR will continue to sponsor cat bonds: Jean-Paul Conoscente
Speaking at global reinsurer SCOR’s briefing at RVS 2025 in Monte Carlo, Jean-Paul Conoscente, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SCOR Global P&C, said that the firm will continue to sponsor catastrophe bond issuances regardless of the market cycle. In April, SCOR sponsored its twentieth cat bond, the $240 million Atlas Capital DAC (Series 2025-1) which provides the […]
Cat bonds continue to perform strongly, casualty securitization expanding: AM Best
Speaking today at a briefing held in Monte Carlo at the Rendez-vous event, Angela Yeo, Senior Director, Analytics at global ratings agency AM Best has highlighted how investors’ appetite for catastrophe bonds has helped the space continue to grow. With third-party capital deployed in reinsurance anticipated to grow by almost 7% this year, with AM […]
ILS operational capabilities key. Not considering AI simply not an option: Ramseier, Twelve Securis
For the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset management sector, operational capabilities are going to be key, while the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) means it must be considered, Dr. Urs Ramseier, CEO of Twelve Securis told Artemis in an interview just before the Monte Carlo Rendez-vous event. Twelve Securis, being born out of the merging of […]
Premise of alternative capital has always been to complement reinsurance: S&P’s Josefs
Speaking in Monte Carlo today at a S&P Global Ratings briefing during the annual reinsurance event, Maren Josefs, Credit Analyst at S&P Global, said it may be time to rethink the name alternative capital, as it was really always designed to complement the traditional reinsurance market and in recent years has become increasingly aligned and […]
Property cat softening to continue. Attachments may fall. ILS investors likely disciplined: Fitch
Speaking today at a briefing held in Monte Carlo at the Rendez-vous event, Fitch Ratings analysts said the expectation is that property catastrophe reinsurance rates will keep softening and attachments may decline somewhat, but through this they anticipate discipline from the ILS investor base. The Fitch Ratings analysts are anticipating the property catastrophe reinsurance market […]
Preserving ILS balance between cedent support & investor reward essential: Albertini, Leadenhall
The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has reached a healthier equilibrium, but it is essential to preserve the balance between ensuring cedents are robustly supported and investors are appropriately awarded for putting their capital at risk, Luca Albertini, CEO of Leadenhall Capital Partners told Artemis. Speaking to Artemis around the 2025 Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous de Septembre […]
Capital markets key to future insurability and affordability of risk transfer: Swiss Re
Swiss Re has highlighted the capital efficiency that a modern and layered risk transfer architecture brings to the property and casualty insurance market, seeing the capital markets and investors as now key elements in a chain that is supporting growing volumes of global risks. In a new sigma report released today in Monte Carlo, global […]
Central Bank of Barbados Governor cites parametric and cat bond role in Caribbean resilience
Caribbean nations must stop defaulting to adding more debt as the answer after every disaster shock, instead layering the full range of risk transfer and financing tools to enhance liquidity following events and ensure timely, responsive capital flow, according to comments made by the Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados. Speaking at the Caribbean […]
Central Bank of Barbados Governor cites parametric and cat bond role in Caribbean resilience
Caribbean nations must stop defaulting to adding more debt as the answer after every disaster shock, instead layering the full range of risk transfer and financing tools to enhance liquidity following events and ensure timely, responsive capital flow, according to comments made by the Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados. Speaking at the Caribbean […]
Cat bond market growth to continue, strong issuance expected again in 2026: Moody’s
The catastrophe bond market has become widely accepted as a reinsurance and risk transfer tool, and as the sponsor base increases while risk-adjusted returns for cat bond investors remains attractive, Moody’s Ratings said today it anticipates 2026 could be another busy year for insurance-linked securities (ILS). In a new report on the cat bond market, […]