GIFT City ILS regime success requires clear objectives: Reynolds, Peak Re
The ambition to establish India’s GIFT City as a hub for insurance-linked securities is gaining momentum. However, as Iain Reynolds, Head of Third-Party Capital at Peak Re, noted at the IFSCA-IRDAI-GIFT City Global Reinsurance Summit 2026 today, success requires more than just a regulatory framework, it requires a clear focus on what the regime is […]
Cat bonds and LRS to widen Latin America’s insurance debt market: Fitch
According to Fitch Ratings, recent catastrophe bond and insurance risk letters (LRS) issuances within Latin America represent a strategic opportunity to expand and sophisticate the regions’ insurance debt market. In a recent report released by the ratings agency, analysts outline how Latin America’s insurance debt market is currently undergoing a “significant change”, shaped by regulatory […]
Growth in private ILS, cat bonds and ILWs highlight 2025 ILS trends: Willis Re
Specialised reinsurance broker Willis Re has identified increased activity in private insurance-linked securities (ILS), catastrophe bonds, and industry loss warranties (ILWs) as notable trends within the ILS market during 2025. In a recent article, the broker explained that competition from alternative capital sources increased throughout 2025, with the firm particularly highlighting catastrophe bonds. As we […]
Kerala urges Indian government to issue cat bonds to protect against disaster-linked losses
With the Indian state of Kerala remaining highly vulnerable to numerous types of natural disaster events, the state has reportedly asked the countries Union government to consider issuing catastrophe bonds in order to help provide protection against disaster-linked financial losses, according to a report from The Hindu. Readers may recall that there have been recent […]
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, […]
Alternative capital hits $124bn. Consistent investor appetite to drive it higher still: Aon
Alternative reinsurance capital, so that deployed through insurance-linked securities and related collateralized structures, reached a new high of $124 billion as of September 30th 2025, according to Aon and the broker expects the growth trend to persist as third-party investors show “consistent” appetite for returns from the sector. In a just released new report from […]
Thailand explores cat bonds as reinsurance capital to support disaster fund
The Thai General Insurance Association (TGIA) is backing an initiative to establish a permanent Natural Catastrophe Fund for the country in the first half of 2026, and is currently exploring the use of catastrophe bonds as a form of reinsurance capital to help support the fund, according to a report by the Bangkok Post. According […]
ILS to continue evolving into a central part of the world’s risk-transfer infrastructure: HCMA
As innovation and global participation within insurance-linked securities (ILS) accelerates, the market is expected to continue evolving into an increasingly central part of the globe’s risk-transfer infrastructure, according to executives at Howden Capital Markets & Advisory (HCMA). Artemis spoke with Philipp Kusche, Chairman of HCMA Europe & Co-Head of Global ILS, and Mitchell Rosenberg, Co-Head […]
G20 Ministers call for disaster risk reduction (DRR), parametric insurance, cat bonds
Ministers from the G20, or Group of Twenty recently came together in Johannesburg, South Africa to address major global challenges and ways to promote sustainability, with members underscoring the importance of investing in building sustainable resilience through the use of disaster risk reduction (DRR) tools such as catastrophe bonds and parametric insurance. For those unaware, […]
Airmic: Parametric solutions go mainstream as data improvements drive demand
UK corporates face an increasingly complex risk landscape. Weather extremes, supply chain fragility, infrastructure dependencies and fast-moving operational risks now sit alongside traditional property exposures. As risk managers seek solutions that respond quickly, flexibly and transparently, parametric insurance has rapidly emerged as a powerful complement to traditional indemnity insurance. Thanks to advances in data availability, […]