The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), which leads the UK’s diplomatic, development and consular work globally, has committed an additional £3 million to the Technical Assistance Facility (NDF TA Facility), operated by the Natural Disaster Fund (NDF), a blended risk transfer vehicle designed to mitigate climate-related challenges and build
A new report from S&P Global Ratings highlights a structural shift in the sidecar market, as casualty reinsurance sidecars have grown to account for approximately 10% of total sidecar capacity. Driven by a wave of recent high-profile launches these vehicles are attracting alternative capital by offering returns largely uncorrelated with
The Catastrophe and Risk Solutions group at Verisk has estimated that economic losses from the June 24, 2026 earthquakes in Venezuela will likely exceed USD 10 billion, with a higher degree of uncertainty than usual in estimating the insured share of industry losses due to Venezuela’s macroeconomic conditions, elevated inflation,
Swiss Re is now aiming to secure as much as an upsized $345 million of broad North American peak peril retrocessional protection through its new Matterhorn Re Ltd. (Series 2026-3) catastrophe bond offering, while the price guidance for the notes has now been lowered twice, Artemis can report. The global reinsurance giant returned
The amount of non-life alternative reinsurance capital from catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS) grew by more than 5% just in the first-quarter of the year, with Gallagher Securities estimating $7 billion of incremental capital was added, to take non-life ILS capital outstanding to $142 billion at the end of
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
Reinsurance capital reached a record high of $790 billion by the end of Q1 2026, but it was alternative or third-party reinsurance capital, so that deployed through insurance-linked securities and related collateralized structures, which was the sole driver of growth as it reached $141 billion, rising 4% from the end
The Dominican Republic has become the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean to fully integrate parametric insurance into its adaptive social protection system, utilising a solution developed by the Tripartite Agreement, a public-private partnership between the Insurance Development Forum (IDF), UNDP, and Germany’s BMZ via the InsuResilience Solutions
The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA), the trade association representing property and casualty reinsurers operating in the United States, has announced the appointment of William Fawcett as Head of ReSources and the RAA Reinsurance Education Institute. In his new role, Fawcett will oversee initiatives designed to strengthen and expand the