Yield compression won’t halt growing investor appetite for cat bonds: Morningstar DBRS
While catastrophe bond yields have declined from the highs seen between 2022 and 2024, analysts at Morningstar DBRS expect demand for the asset class to remain strong. Saying that, despite recent yield compression, the market continues to offer equity-like returns that are largely uncorrelated to traditional stock and bond markets. In a recently published report, […]
Cat bonds a compelling, genuine diversification for investors in volatile times: Neuberger Berman
A recent paper from investment manager Neuberger Berman highlights catastrophe bonds as a “very compelling opportunity” for investors seeking genuine portfolio diversification, which comes at a time when macroeconomic uncertainty and risk-asset volatility are expected to remain in focus for the foreseeable future. The investment manager observes that demand for catastrophe bonds has continued to […]
GIFT City is attracting global reinsurance capital at scale, says PB Fintech’s Singh
In an interview with Reinsurance News, PB Fintech’s Joint Group Chief Executive Officer, Sarbvir Singh, emphasised that a more open and predictable regulatory environment is attracting global reinsurance companies to India’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City). Insurance and reinsurance volumes have expanded rapidly at GIFT City, hitting $1.2 […]
World Bank cat bond on the table in new $400m Morocco Climate & Risk Finance Program
The Board of the World Bank has approved a new $400 million program that aims to boost Morocco’s resilience against climate, disaster, and cyber risks, with catastrophe bonds and other forms of insurance risk transfer including parametric triggers mooted as part of the program outcomes. While strengthening the country’s resilience against climate and natural disasters, […]
LRS opens door to explore further risks, optimistic for Brazil’s ILS regime: Avla’s Astrachan
After working with Gálapagos Capital SSPE on a recent R$126 million offering of Insurance Risk Letters (LRS), Avla Brazil CEO Felippe Astrachan has said that LRS opens a door that allows the company to explore different types of risks that are not traditionally covered by the insurance and reinsurance market, while also remaining optimistic about the future […]
Today’s ILS market is significantly broader, more resilient. But complexity is rising: Artex’s Faries
Today’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is significantly broader and more resilient than it was just several years ago. However, while the market is seeing growing interest in casualty, specialty, cyber, and hybrid structures, this evolution also means the ILS space is fundamentally more complex, according to Kathleen Faries, CEO of Artex Capital Solutions. Faries’ comments […]
Total catastrophe bond issuance hits $16.1bn YTD in 2026. 144A cat bonds over $15.8bn
The total for settled catastrophe bond issuance across Rule 144A deals and the private cat bond transactions we have analysed so far in 2026 has reached $16.1 billion as of today, while settled 144A cat bond issuance alone currently stands at over $15.8 billion. Right now, based on latest sizes for the remaining cat bonds in […]
Pension funds in Chile gain appreciation for catastrophe bonds and are allocating: Report
Over the last few year’s we’ve noticed increasing interest in the insurance-linked securities asset class as an investment opportunity from institutions in Latin America and now pensions in Chile have reportedly begun allocating to catastrophe bonds. Helped by a number of years of consecutive strong performance, catastrophe bonds and ILS as an investable asset class […]
Moody’s warns that US could face $375bn uninsured flood losses from 1-in-100 year event
A new assessment by Moody’s shows that the United States faces a widening gap between growing flood risk and the take-up of flood insurance, potentially exposing the country to more than $375 billion in aggregated uninsured flood losses from a 1-in-100-year event. A recent report published by the firm, authored by Jennifer Chang, Senior Vice-President […]
Rule 144A cat bonds reach 80% adoption as Southeast inverts historical market norms: Gallagher Re’s Schwebach
Property catastrophe reinsurance programs in Southeast US states have undergone a fundamental shift. Far from a supplementary capital pool, the Rule 144A catastrophe bond market has evolved into a fundamental element of regional risk placement, an integration that has inverted historical market norms over the last five years, according to Adam Schwebach, Head of Property, […]