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First-quarter catastrophe bond & ILS issuance robust again at $4.63bn: Report
1st April 2021
Data from Artemis' Q1 2020 catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market report shows that issuance hit a huge $4.63 billion in the period, making it the second most active first quarter in the market's history. The latest quarterly report on the catastrophe bond and related ILS market, 'Upsizing ... Read the full article
World Bank has ‘only scratched the surface’ on what it can do: Bennett, ILS NYC 2021
18th February 2021
The World Bank has "only scratched the surface" on what it can do with member governments that are looking to transfer some of their disaster risk to the reinsurance sector and the capital markets, according to Michael Bennett, Head of Derivatives & Structured Finance, World Bank Treasury. The World Bank ... Read the full article
Importance of alternative reinsurance capital growing for Swiss Re: ILS NYC 2021
16th February 2021
At Swiss Re, alternative, or third-party reinsurance capital has become an increasing part of the reinsurance giant's capital management strategy, and as the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class looks to longer-tail classes, the firm is focused on finding ways to transfer risk efficiently. This is according to Judy Klugman, Global ... Read the full article
Record Q4 drives annual ILS issuance to $16.4bn
19th January 2021
In each quarter of 2020, although most notably in Q1 and Q4, catastrophe bond and ILS issuance remained above average. Combined with the previous three quarters, the record-breaking level of both transactions and issuance in Q4 drove annual issuance to $16.4 billion, which, as shown by the Artemis Deal Directory, is ... Read the full article
New sponsors account for over 13% of record cat bond issuance: Report
8th January 2021
Inaugural full catastrophe bond issuances from insurers and reinsurers in 2020, combined with maiden deals from the largest municipal utility in the U.S. and Google's parent, Alphabet, Inc., contributed to a record year for the catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) market. The Artemis Deal Directory ... Read the full article
Pure property catastrophe bonds push market to record high in 2020: Report
4th January 2021
More than $11 billion of pure property catastrophe bond issuance, alongside another active year for mortgage insurance-linked securities (ILS) deals, helped the catastrophe bond and related ILS marketplace break records in 2020, according to Artemis. The recently published Q4 2020 catastrophe bond and ILS market report from our sister ... Read the full article
Prospectus 2021 – a new conference for the traditional & alternative markets
2nd September 2020
We're excited to announce the launch of our first conference brought to you by both Artemis and Reinsurance News, Prospectus 2021 - a new annual reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) event held from November 12th to the 18th 2020. By bringing together both of our titles, Prospectus 2021 ... Read the full article
Pre-COVID-19 structural factors to influence reinsurance renewals: Flandro, Hyperion X
19th May 2020
While the COVID-19 pandemic will undoubtedly have an influence on upcoming renewals for insurers and reinsurers, for the latter, the broad structural factors that have been in place prior to the outbreak cannot be ignored, according to David Flandro, Managing Director at Hyperion X. In a recent video interview with our ... Read the full article
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