During reinsurance broker Gallagher Re’s Pre-Monte Carlo Media Briefing, Will Thompson, Head of Global Clients, said alternative capital is no longer a separate conversation from traditional reinsurance and is now an integral part of the capital stack. Ahead of the annual Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS), Thompson highlighted that
The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) has expanded its range of parametric weather derivative products, launching a futures contract to enable participants to hedge the financial exposure of rainfall extremes and variability in the city of Chennai and surrounding area. It’s the second location in India where rainfall weather
Laurent Rousseau, CEO of Global Capital & Advisory, and Europe and IMEA at Marsh Re, said today that the capital markets are “no longer a visitor” but “now a resident” of the reinsurance industry, as investors increasingly allocate to the space. As reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter officially becomes Marsh Re,
The Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility (SEADRIF Insurance Company) has made payouts of USD 1.14 million to the Government of Lao PDR and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), after heavy rainfall and widespread flooding triggered both Lao PDR’s two-year parametric sovereign policy and WFP’s 2026 disaster resilience
The outstanding market for collateralized reinsurance sidecar structures has reached a new record high of $23 billion in 2026, representing roughly 50% growth since the end of 2024, according to estimates from Aon Securities. Aon Securities has been tracking the expansion of the reinsurance sidecar market over recent years. Data from the
Strong investor demand and record catastrophe bond issuance, underpinned by increased participation by both insurers and reinsurers, is supporting the continued expansion of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, as Moody’s Ratings reports that carriers are using ILS more strategically in the competitive reinsurance market environment. Citing broking group Aon’s USD 144.5
A wave of severe convective storms that swept across Germany, France, Switzerland, and Italy in Europe between 13th and 19th July 2026 are estimated to have caused an insurance industry loss of EUR 2.186 billion, according to catastrophe data aggregator PERILS AG. Notably, this outbreak of severe convective storms (SCS)
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) capital is now “foundational” within the global reinsurance market according to Aon, with alternative sources of capital now accounting for $144.5 billion of sector funds, with that figure rising by $3.5 billion just in the second-quarter of 2026. The latest insurance-linked securities market report from Aon Securities,
As the casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continues to expand, rating agency AM Best has indicated that market participants will need to remain focused on ensuring that both underwriting discipline and risk transparency develop simultaneously in order to keep pace with investor demand. While innovation in the capital markets can