Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions, the hedge fund-focused arm of the global asset manager, has updated its stance on catastrophe bonds from ‘overweight’ to ‘strongly overweight’ for Q3 2026, citing the asset class’s attractiveness, while its stance on other ILS remains unchanged at ‘neutral’ The second quarter of 2026 saw catastrophe
Demand for industry-loss warranty (ILW) protection saw progressive momentum throughout Q2 2026, culminating in a peak during the mid-year reinsurance renewals. At the same time, after a record opening half to the year, catastrophe bond activity is expected to be very active in Q4, a new commentary from SCOR Investment
After a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck just off the southern coast of Mexico on Friday, analysis suggests this event was a near-miss for attaching the parametric trigger of one tranche of notes from the country’s World Bank facilitated IBRD CAR Mexico 2024 catastrophe bond transaction.\ The magnitude 7.3 (M7.3) earthquake struck off
Leon Walker, Europe, Middle East, and Asia (EMEA) Captives Leader for global re/insurance broker Aon, believes an established captives framework in the United Kingdom has the potential to provide businesses with greater flexibility in their use of captive solutions. To recap, the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority have
Andrew Poreda, Vice President, Senior Research Analyst at Sage Advisory Services, the fixed income and alternative solutions manager, has highlighted in a new report that catastrophe bonds are superior financial instruments across many risk metrics, with the analyst particularly flagging how they offer diversification to investors when they need it
In May, our sister publication Reinsurance News hosted its second Legacy Market Roundtable in Brighton, in partnership with global reinsurer Swiss Re. A takeaway from the 90-minute session was the shifting role of alternative capital within the casualty space, with one participant noting that this influx of capital could position
A new study by Beazley, the London headquartered specialty insurance and reinsurance company, has highlighted how insurance-linked securities (ILS) and various alternative risk transfer solutions are key for mobilising risk capital for the energy transition. Beazley’s latest Spotlight on Energy Transformation 2026 observes that the insurance industry is becoming a
While the rising risk of a Super El Niño remains highly uncertain in both geography and magnitude, parametric trigger designs can add a crucial layer of granularity to climate coverage. According to Mark Rueegg, CEO of CelsiusPro Group, this flexibility ultimately allows both insurers and the insured to adapt to
While ample traditional reinsurance capacity is keeping the cyber ILS market limited for now, the underlying risk modeling and investor confidence in the asset class continues to grow. According to a new report from rating agency S&P, these evolving capabilities are laying the groundwork for alternative capital, which could play