Summary Focus The Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS), the oversight body of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, has agreed to prioritise further analysis on the financial risk implications of extreme weather events and tasked the Basel Committee with analysing the impact of such events
In a recent interview with Reinsurance News, Jag Jass, Partner – Retrospective at reinsurance broker Augment Risk, explained that while there will always be a place for larger transactions targeting toxic liabilities and discontinued lines of business, legacy is best used when dovetailing an approach from a prospective and a
Catastrophe bond pricing remains firmly in the “neutral zone” according to the latest analysis from consultancy Lane Financial LLC, but the firm maintains its prediction that the market is still on-track for an expected 8.5% total return in 2025. Lane Financial had forecast earlier this year after Q1 that catastrophe bonds
Catastrophe bond issuance has already beaten the headline annual record in 2025, as new deals have taken the figure to over $17.8 billion, beating last year’s record and putting the $20 billion milestone clearly in sight, according to Artemis’ data on the market. The record for annual catastrophe bond issuance, by
The overall yield of the catastrophe bond market increased to above the 11% mark in June 2025, the first time it has surpassed that level since October 2024, but with the hurricane season now underway the expectation is for the discount margin to decrease, according to cat bond fund manager Plenum Investments.
The catastrophe bond market is undergoing a dramatic transformation, marked by record-breaking growth, expanding risk coverage, and rising global participation. These themes were explored by industry leaders during a panel session at the World Bank’s Innovating for Impact: Scaling Outcome Bonds and Catastrophe Bonds event in Luxembourg. Moderated by Alexandre Delacroix, Executive
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and IDB Invest have unveiled a major expansion of disaster risk financial instruments designed to enhance the use of reinsurance and the capital markets for risk transfer across Latin America and the Caribbean. Central to this initiative is a newly launched Regional Disaster-Risk Transfer Program
Global reinsurance company Swiss Re has returned to the catastrophe bond market for the second time this year, aiming to secure $65 million or more in North American earthquake and named storm retrocession from investors, through a Matterhorn Re Ltd. (Series 2025-2) transaction, Artemis has learned. This issuance will be the thirteenth
A wave of alternative capital, led by a record-setting surge in catastrophe bond issuance, helped reinsurers meet growing demand without pushing prices higher at the July 1 renewals, according to Gallagher Re, as cedants secured improved terms in property and specialty lines. While traditional reinsurance capital reached a new high
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