The Centre for Disaster Protection, an independent organisation working to strengthen the way the global system finances responses to climate and disaster shocks, has published new analysis showing that pre-arranged disaster risk finance has expanded rapidly worldwide, while the poorest and most fragile countries continue to receive only a small
Morgan Stanley recently surveyed over 900 institutional investors to understand their current thoughts on sustainable investments. With climate adaptation and resilience growing in prominence as themes, investors cited catastrophe bonds and physical risk insurance contracts among their top picks. Most institutional investors maintain a positive outlook for sustainable investments, with
As insurance-linked securities (ILS) continues to gain momentum in Hong Kong, Stephen Yiu, JP Chairman of the Hong Kong Insurance Authority (IA) believes that the market is a “blue ocean” for Hong Kong’s insurance brokers, and an opportunity not to be missed. Yiu, speaking at the CIB Annual Conference, explained
With 2025 setting new records for catastrophe bond issuance, the market is expected to maintain its strong momentum as it heads into 2026 as a resilient and growing asset class with strong technical underpinnings, Etienne Schwartz, CIO Liquid Strategies at ILS investment manager Twelve Securis told Artemis. At this time
Issuance of Rule 144A property catastrophe bonds in 2025 surpassed the $20 billion milestone today as the settlement of the largest wildfire cat bond ever seen, sponsored by the California FAIR Plan, has taken the total for the year-to-date to just over $20.7 billion, Artemis data shows. Full Rule 144A
The financial regulator in Abu Dhabi is asking for stakeholder and industry feedback as it considers developing a framework to support growth of an insurance-linked securities market there, while also seeking input to a concept for a “synthetic sidecar” structure that would sit within a regulated insurance entity. The Financial
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Germany’s insurance industry has introduced a proposed natural catastrophe reinsurance vehicle called Elementar Re, intended to serve as a backdrop for primary insurers facing increasing losses associated with climate risk. The concept, which was released by the German Insurance Association (GDV), centers around pooling high-risk residential properties, and adding a
Global investment company Galapagos Capital has announced the issuance of up to R$100 million in Insurance Risk Letters (LRS), which are the Brazilian regulatory regime version of insurance-linked securities (ILS), marking the second ever ILS issuance in Brazil, and the first from Galapagos Capital. Recall at the end of 2024, Galapagos