Maturing alternative capital partnerships help reinsurers exceed cost of capital: AM Best
Reinsurers are benefiting from maturing partnerships with alternative capital providers, helping them to consistently exceed their capital costs, a new report from rating agency AM Best has highlighted. For the third consecutive year, global reinsurers have generated returns well above the cost of capital, which AM Best states is due to positive underwriting results that […]
Third-party reinsurance capital projected for 6% growth to $130bn in 2026: AM Best & GC
Third-party capital in reinsurance, deployed through alternative capital vehicles, catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities, is projected to grow roughly 6% over the course of this year, to end 2026 around a record $130 billion level, according to the latest data from AM Best and Guy Carpenter. The growth rate would have been higher at more […]
ILS and alt capital remains disciplined amid record cat bond market growth: J.P. Morgan
A new report from analysts at J.P. Morgan has suggested that while the catastrophe bond market has witnessed exceptional growth in 2026, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and alternative capital are looking more disciplined, exhibiting few of the undisciplined behaviours witnessed in the last soft market. Coming off a remarkable 2025, the catastrophe bond market has managed […]
Spokane, Washington wildfires could become a billion-dollar insured loss event
AM Best and reinsurance broker Gallagher Re have suggested that the areas in and around Spokane, Washington will suffer considerable insured losses from the ongoing wildfires, with Gallagher Re indicating that it has the potential to be a billion-dollar insured loss event, and could become the costliest insured wildfire event in Washington’s history. For context, […]
Twelve Securis sets up new distribution partnerships in Taiwan, as it builds-out Asia strategy
Twelve Securis, the specialist catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has set up new distribution partnerships in Taiwan with Concord Capital Management, and Uni-President, as the company continues to expand its presence across Asia’s institutional markets. Through its partnership with Concord Capital Management, a financial services subsidiary of Taiwan’s Concord Securities Group, the […]
PCC structure will be a game changer for Singapore’s ILS landscape: Rajah & Tann’s Goh
As Singapore continues to work on plans to adopt a regulatory framework for a Protected Cell Company (PCC) structure to support collateralised reinsurance and ILS issuance, Simon Goh of law firm Rajah & Tann Singapore, has expressed how this flexible structure could ultimately become a game changer for the country’s captive insurance and ILS landscape. […]
Lockton Re executes ILW covering property cat and cyber risks in a single limit
Reinsurance broker Lockton Re has successfully executed what the firm believes is the first industry-loss warranty (ILW) that combines property catastrophe and cyber risk triggers within a single limit structure for a protection buying client. The innovative structure utilises a trigger from PERILS AG, working with with CyberAcuView as the index provider for cyber risk, […]
Wildfire exposed catastrophe bond issuance soars to $5.183bn year-to-date in 2026
The catastrophe bond market continues to demonstrate increased comfort with the wildfire peril in 2026, with the amount of risk capital deployed to support cat bonds that have some exposure to wildfire having soared to $5.183 billion year-to-date, already nearing the full-year record of $5.55 billion for the peril seen in 2025. Since 2022, the […]
Asian Development Bank discussing Risk-Layered disaster risk transfer with Mongolia
The Asian Development Bank is working with Mongolia on the potential to replicate the Risk-Layered Disaster Relief Finance Program it recently implemented for the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan, which puts sovereign parametric risk transfer instruments including catastrophe bonds as part of the conversation. Recall that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) implemented its first Risk-Layered Disaster […]
Secondary cat bond trading rebounds in H1 2026 as buyers outpace sellers: Swiss Re
The secondary market for catastrophe bonds remained bid-heavy during the opening half of 2026, as an influx of market participants looked to buy bonds rather than sell out of their existing positions, which caused for secondary market activity to see a meaningful increase during the period following a relatively subdued 2025, according to Swiss Re […]