Migdal Insurance sponsoring $100m Turris Re Israel earthquake cat bond
Migdal Insurance Company Ltd., an Israeli insurance, pension and financial service company, is the latest first-time sponsor entrant to the catastrophe bond market, as it targets $100 million of earthquake reinsurance covering exposure in Israel through a new Turris Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) transaction, Artemis understands from sources. This year has seen an influx of first-time cat bond […]
P&C and life insurers leverage alt capital to navigate market shifts: Deloitte
As per accountancy firm Deloitte’s 2026 Global Insurance Outlook, property and casualty (P&C) and life insurers are increasingly turning to investor-backed and other forms of alternative capital to navigate shifting market conditions. In its 2026 outlook, the firm notes that property and casualty (P&C) carriers will need more flexible capital models that blend self-retained and […]
Cat bonds may be India’s ‘next shield,’ says Prateek Singhal, Howden India
Prateek Singhal, Executive President & Head – Reinsurance at Howden India, believes that catastrophe bonds may be India’s “next shield”, emphasising the country’s need for instruments like cat bonds to protect its growing economy from climate risk. Readers may recall that there have been recent calls for India to develop its own regulatory framework for insurance-linked […]
Increasing diversity of risk transfer and capital sources is credit positive: KBRA
The increasing diversity of risk transfer instruments and reinsurance capital sources, including insurance-linked securities (ILS), is a credit positive for the U.S. property and casualty (P&C) insurance sector that faces an evolving risk landscape and rising secondary peril losses, according to rating agency KBRA. Insurance markets faced by severe and more frequent weather events have […]
Global pension funds eye ILS for higher potential yields
Global pension funds are increasingly eyeing the insurance-linked securities market looking for higher yields and portfolio diversification, sparking talk of a new wave of institutional capital that could reshape the sector. However, industry experts said that educating these investors on ILS would also be key to making the influx work. FULL ORIGINAL PUBLICATION HERE
APRA refines proposals on cat bonds and ILS, including removing reinstatement requirement
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is moving forward with its process to ease access to alternative reinsurance solutions in the country, including insurance-linked securities (ILS), with one updated proposal now being to remove the requirement for a reinstatement completely for instruments like catastrophe bonds. As we reported back in November 2024, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority […]
Hannover Re’s E+S Rück sees catastrophe reinsurance demand rising, ILS opportunity
Irrespective of lower claims experience over the last year in natural catastrophe reinsurance business, Hannover Re’s German subsidiary E+S Rückversicherung AG has said that it expects demand for property catastrophe reinsurance will continue to rise, while insurance-linked securities (ILS) business is also seen as an area of opportunity for the group. Hannover Re’s German subsidiary […]
ILS shapes upper-layer pricing. Hurricanes, trapping, inflows to determine year-end: Antares CEO
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) capital is shaping reinsurance pricing in the upper-layers, but how the year-end renewals will play out depends on the rest of hurricane season, the potential for any capital to be trapped and the amount of fresh inflows, according to Mike van der Straaten, the CEO of Antares Global. Providing his reinsurance market […]
ILS increasingly institutional. But investor education still critically important: Convergence 2025
During a panel discussion at the ILS Bermuda Convergence 2025 conference yesterday, speakers were asked to discuss what they’ve seen in the way of improvements in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class over the last five years, with the institutionalisation of ILS and continuing efforts in educating investors both seen as key. The panellists were […]
Hannover Re Capital Partners the “missing piece” of our ILS business: Sehm
At the Hannover Re investor day this week Executive Board Member Silke Sehm explained that the establishment of Hannover Re Capital Partners unit is seen as a new sidecar business opportunity, that will help the reinsurance firm write more property catastrophe risk and earn additional fee income. We reported on the coming launch of Hannover […]