ILS continues to grow despite softer and more competitive reinsurance market: Moody’s Ratings
Strong investor demand and record catastrophe bond issuance, underpinned by increased participation by both insurers and reinsurers, is supporting the continued expansion of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, as Moody’s Ratings reports that carriers are using ILS more strategically in the competitive reinsurance market environment. Citing broking group Aon’s USD 144.5 billion total for the level […]
European convective storms in July estimated an almost EUR 2.2bn industry loss: PERILS
A wave of severe convective storms that swept across Germany, France, Switzerland, and Italy in Europe between 13th and 19th July 2026 are estimated to have caused an insurance industry loss of EUR 2.186 billion, according to catastrophe data aggregator PERILS AG. Notably, this outbreak of severe convective storms (SCS) across Europe is already the […]
ILS capital is “foundational” in reinsurance, grows to $144.5bn with 5-year CAGR 8.3%: Aon
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) capital is now “foundational” within the global reinsurance market according to Aon, with alternative sources of capital now accounting for $144.5 billion of sector funds, with that figure rising by $3.5 billion just in the second-quarter of 2026. The latest insurance-linked securities market report from Aon Securities, the investment banking, structuring and […]
Underwriting discipline and risk transparency key as casualty ILS evolves: AM Best
As the casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continues to expand, rating agency AM Best has indicated that market participants will need to remain focused on ensuring that both underwriting discipline and risk transparency develop simultaneously in order to keep pace with investor demand. While innovation in the capital markets can offer significant sources of capacity, […]
Why a blended reinsurance portfolio offers a compelling alternative to traditional ILS: Resolute Global Partners
As institutional investors seek resilient entry points into the re/insurance market, traditional collateralized ILS structures face ongoing challenges surrounding trapped capital and stacked fees. However, investment advisor Resolute Global Partners is presenting an alternative approach by integrating property treaty reinsurance, niche specialty risks, and primary U.S. insurance within a unified, vertically integrated platform. In a […]
Traditional reinsurance capital build-up more impactful to softening than ILS: AM Best
While the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has been growing at a strong pace, thanks in the main to record levels of catastrophe bond issuance, rating agency AM Best believes that while this contributed to reinsurance market softening, the deployment of traditional capacity is still more impactful. While reinsurance market participants cite the growth of insurance-linked […]
Marsh to bring alternative capital into data centre risks with $10bn Stratus exchange
Broker Marsh is aiming to bring alternative sources of insurance and reinsurance capital into the digital infrastructure risk transfer sector, through the launch of a $10 billion property insurance exchange named Stratus. Stratus offers access up to $10 billion in property insurance capacity on a single-placement basis, Marsh explained, with this targeted at the complex […]
Swiss pension Nest says ILS investments achieved “convincing results again” in 2025
Nest Sammelstiftung, or the Nest Collective Foundation, a Swiss pension that adopts sustainable investment strategies and allocates to insurance-linked securities through a number of ILS managers has reported that its allocation achieved “convincing results” again in 2025. Nest Sammelstiftung positions itself as an ecological-ethical pension investor, with one of the strategies it incorporates into its […]
EIB and WFP launch parametric insurance scheme to protect Ethiopian smallholder farmers
The European Investment Bank (EIB), through its development arm EIB Global, is issuing a grant of up to €4 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), which will be used to support the development and rollout of parametric insurance products to protect smallholder farmers in Ethiopia. According to the announcement, roughly 210,000 smallholder […]
ILS and broader securitisation key to absorbing nat cat risk: Schroders Capital
The increasing need for capital to manage and mitigate natural hazard risk is creating strong opportunities for investors, according to Schroders Capital, who emphasises that by allocating to catastrophe risk through insurance-linked securities, broader securitisation, and other risk-transfer markets, investors can secure attractive returns by absorbing catastrophe risk when pricing reflects expected losses and required […]