Cambridge underscores its ILS advisory capability, sees asset class as valuable diversifier
Cambridge Associates, the global investment firm that provides specialist advisory and portfolio construction services, highlights insurance-linked securities, seeing the asset class as a valuable diversifier for client portfolios. In a world full of uncertainty, the company believes liquid diversifiers, such as catastrophe bonds and ILS are increasingly a relevant asset class for institutional portfolios. Cambridge […]
ICMR introduces monthly NAV delta tracking for Lloyd’s market investors
Insurance Capital Markets Research (ICMR), an independent research and analytics firm specialising in insurance capital markets, has introduced an enhancement to its investor reporting for the Lloyd’s market. The company has developed a capability to monitor the monthly Net Asset Value (NAV) delta across the Lloyd’s market as a whole, offering investors an additional benchmark […]
WFP highlights importance of pre‑arranged financing, including cat bonds and parametrics
Pre-arranged financing through macro-level disaster risk instruments, including catastrophe bonds and parametric insurance, are deemed a practical, scalable solution that can deliver financial support for early action to support recovery and resilience, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has explained. Laying out its approach to deploying Macro‑Level Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) in regions facing […]
Earthquake models fail to factor in events driving two-thirds of recent industry losses: MS Amlin
Catastrophe models have been called out as failing to account for so-called “supershear” earthquake events, with specialist Lloyd’s re/insurer MS Amlin stating that models “are failing to factor in a little-known class of earthquake despite it being linked to two thirds of industry losses from seismic events in the last decade.” For those underwriting insurance […]
Insurance cover growing broadly in line with increasing natural catastrophe risk: Swiss Re
While the global natural catastrophe insurance protection gap is estimated to have risen to US $424 billion in 2025, new research from Swiss Re’s Institute suggests that insurance coverage is growing at a rate broadly in line with the increasing catastrophe exposure. Swiss Re said that both insurance and adaptation efforts are critical to narrowing […]
56% of planned US data centres are in catastrophe exposed locations: MS Amlin
A new analysis from Lloyd’s global specialist re/insurer MS Amlin has revealed that 56% of the 670 planned US data centre projects representing nearly $800 billion in investment, are located in states that are highly exposed to either hurricanes, severe convective storms, earthquakes or winterstorms. MS Amlin’s analysis examined over 670 data centre projects that […]
60% of institutional investors intend to increase ILS allocations: Gallagher Securities survey
A survey of institutional investors recently undertaken by Gallagher Securities found that 60% are intending to increase their allocations to insurance-linked investments, with catastrophe bonds and similar insurance-linked securities (ILS) seen as the main type of assets in focus. The survey found that institutional investors are currently showing a clear preference for insurance-linked investment structures […]
Alternative capital redesigning reinsurance, but still has challenges to face: Guy Carpenter
Alternative capital is rewriting the rules of reinsurance, and while it seems it is here to stay, its rapid integration brings distinct structural challenges, a recent Guy Carpenter report highlights. The ‘Convergence of Financial and Reinsurance Capital: How catastrophe bonds, sidecars, and financial investors are redesigning the architecture of global reinsurance’ report examines the accelerating […]
UCITS cat bond fund assets rise 6.5% YTD in 2026, near $20.5bn after April
Catastrophe bond funds in the UCITS format added over $650 million in assets just in the month of April, as the combined assets under management (AUM) of the UCITS cat bond fund sector reached almost $20.5 billion, having now expanded by 6.5% so far in 2026. Recall that, these UCITS catastrophe bond funds grew strongly […]
Casualty ILS transparency must match nat-cat standards: Allphins
Whilst the casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) space continues to emerge as a transformative capital source for long-tail risk, data-and-analytics specialist Allphins argues that ILS investors in casualty risk deserve the same level of transparency in exposure and systemic risk understanding that natural catastrophe investors have long been receiving. The casualty ILS market has experienced significant […]