Hannover Re sees ILS capital as sustainable reinsurance addition, source of growth: Horstmann
Speaking earlier today during Hannover Re’s Baden-Baden media briefing, Patrick Horstmann Managing Director, and Head of insurance-linked securities (ILS) at the firm, emphasised that the German reinsurer sees ILS capital as a sustainable addition to the global reinsurance market and a key area of growth for the company. Hannover Re has been steadily growing in […]
ADB aims to expand catastrophe bond usage across Asian regions: Kessler
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is actively promoting catastrophe bonds for sovereign disaster risk financing across the region, but Thomas Kessler noted last week that this will require cooperation across governments, research and modelling institutions, insurers and the ILS investor base. Speaking in Bermuda at the Convergence 2026 conference last week, Thomas Kessler, Principal Disaster […]
World Bank confirms signing of Nepal quake catastrophe bond mandate
The World Bank has now confirmed that it has partnered with Nepal to explore the issuance of a parametric earthquake catastrophe bond for the country. The World Bank confirmed that it and Nepal have signed a mandate agreement to explore the development of a catastrophe bond, which would be designed to enable Nepal to access […]
Insurance-linked securities expand the horizon for impact investing: Smith, Sage Advisory
Speaking yesterday at the ILS Bermuda Convergence 2026 conference, Bob Smith, President & Co-CIO of fixed income and alternative solutions manager Sage Advisory, explained that he sees insurance-linked securities as an asset class that can expand the horizon of impact investing. Smith is a strong proponent for investing into catastrophe bonds and other natural catastrophe […]
Re/insurers unable to close nat cat protection gap alone, says Moody’s
A new Moody’s report emphasises that the protection gap in natural catastrophe losses cannot be closed by property and casualty (P&C) insurers and reinsurers alone, with more than 50% of these losses uninsured in 2025. The report finds that since 2015, 57.8% of catastrophe losses have gone uninsured, while the damages from nat cats has […]
ILS & cat bonds show impact investing can move beyond mitigation into resilience: Sage Advisory
A new report from Sage Advisory Services, the fixed income and alternative solutions manager, has highlighted that through ILS and catastrophe bonds’ ability to allocate capital across regions and perils, these instruments make a strong case for impact investing to move beyond mitigation and into resilience. The report, authored by Bob Smith, President and Co-Chief […]
Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) education programme shortlisted for the Axco Global Insurance Awards 2026
THIS PRESS-RELEASE CAN BE DOWNLOADED IN PDF HERE Phoenix CRetro is proud to announce that it has been named a finalist in the prestigious Axco Global Insurance Awards 2026, in the Best Training Initiative in Global Insurance category. This recognition highlights not only the industry’s appreciation of our efforts to close the ILS education gap […]
Catastrophe bond market records that were broken in 2025
Catastrophe bond market activity in 2025 resulted in a landmark year of issuance for the sector, as adoption of the cat bond as a structure for reinsurance protection and alternative asset class accelerated and expanded. Beyond the headline figures, such as 2025 being the first year to see over $20 billion of cat bond issuance, […]
Cat bonds, physical risk insurance a top climate adaptation investment theme: Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley recently surveyed over 900 institutional investors to understand their current thoughts on sustainable investments. With climate adaptation and resilience growing in prominence as themes, investors cited catastrophe bonds and physical risk insurance contracts among their top picks. Most institutional investors maintain a positive outlook for sustainable investments, with 84% of those surveyed saying […]
Swiss Re urges bolder investment in Insurance-Linked Loans to strengthen sovereign disaster resilience
Swiss Re Public Sector Solutions, the arm of the global reinsurer that works with governments, international institutions, and the broader public sector on risk transfer solutions, has suggested now is the time to invest more boldly in insurance-linked loans. Swiss Re says insurance-linked loans, alongside parametric insurance, catastrophe bonds, and contingent credit lines, are an […]