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Talanx secures €1bn financing through dual bond issuance
1st April 2026
Talanx AG, one of Europe’s major insurance and financial services groups, has secured a total of EUR 1.0 billion in new financing through a dual bond issuance, strengthening its capital structure and refinancing upcoming debt obligations. The company said it placed a EUR 500 million senior unsecured bond with a broad ... Read the full article
SageSure and Auros complete $175m US multi-peril cat bond issuance
6th March 2026
SageSure, a US residential property managing general underwriter operating in catastrophe-exposed markets, and Auros Reciprocal Insurance Exchange, a policyholder-owned property insurer, have confirmed the completion of the $175 million Gateway Re Ltd. Series 2026-2 catastrophe bond issuance. The transaction adds to SageSure’s activity in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) ... Read the full article
Q3 2025 cat bond issuance of $1bn+ takes nine-month total to record $18.6bn: Artemis
2nd October 2025
Catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance of $1.036 billion in the third quarter of 2025 has taken issuance for the nine-month period to September 30th, 2025, to $18.6 billion, which is a new annual record for the market, according to the latest quarterly report from Artemis. Read the full article
Relative benchmarking and predictive AI can reveal true outperformers in Lloyd’s market, says ICMR
1st September 2025
Insurance Capital Markets Research (ICMR), an independent analytics and research firm founded by former leaders of Lloyd’s internal research and performance team, has released new findings showing how relative benchmarking, enhanced by predictive AI, can transform the way underwriting performance is assessed in the Lloyd’s market. Working with syndicates, managing agents ... Read the full article
Cyber insurance premiums stabilise in 2025, but market penetration remains below 10% for SMEs: S&P
14th May 2025
Cyber insurance is progressing toward maturity, but key challenges remain, according to insights shared during a recent webinar hosted by S&P Global Ratings, a provider of credit ratings, research, and risk analysis. During the session, titled “The Changing Face of Cyber Insurance,” a panel of S&P Global Ratings analysts and industry ... Read the full article
Artemis Live: Capital markets structures for originators webinar – Watch the full replay
17th December 2024
Artemis, our insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused sister publication, has now published the full replay of its live webinar on the use of alternative capital sources by originators of insurance risk, which was held on November 21st, 2024, in association with Artex Capital Solutions. More than 830 people registered ... Read the full article
BAM Mutual launches bond insurance for Australia’s infrastructure and energy projects
20th September 2024
BAM Mutual, a bond insurer specialising in lowering the cost of debt for essential infrastructure projects, is expanding by opening an office in Melbourne. The company will now provide insurance for bonds and loans used to finance projects across Australia and New Zealand. Their priorities will encompass electricity transmission and distribution systems ... Read the full article
Fannie Mae closes fifth 2024 credit insurance transfer on $8.2bn single-family loans
8th July 2024
Fannie Mae, a government-sponsored enterprise and provider of mortgage financing in the United States, has completed a new Credit Insurance Risk Transfer transaction, known as CIRT 2024-L3. This initiative transferred $337.2 million in mortgage credit risk to private insurers and reinsurers. "We appreciate the support of the 27 insurers and reinsurers that ... Read the full article
Re/insurer ratings across EMEA showing early signs of stabilising: AM Best
19th March 2024
Re/insurer ratings across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) have begun to stabilise following difficult market conditions in 2022, according to credit ratings agency AM Best. In a recent report released by the firm, Best notes that despite the uncertain global geopolitical environment, there has been a general stabilisation of ... Read the full article
Beazley ‘delighted’ to sponsor first 144A cat bond via the Lloyd’s London Bridge platform
8th January 2024
The world's oldest insurance and reinsurance marketplace, Lloyd's, has confirmed the issuance of the first 144A catastrophe bond transaction via London Bridge 2 PCC Limited, the Beazley sponsored $100 million transaction. The deal, which is listed in the Artemis Deal Directory, is the first 144A property catastrophe bond sponsored ... Read the full article
Architecture in place, but progress on closing protection gap frustratingly slow: Swiss Re CEO
19th September 2023
Swiss Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurance companies, is passionate about closing the protection gap, and although much of the architecture is in place, progress has been frustratingly slow, according to Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Christian Mumenthaler. The protection gap is the difference between economic and insured ... Read the full article
Innovation key for re/insurers as climate trends threaten to widen protection gap: AM Best
24th August 2023
Global ratings agency AM Best has underscored the importance of innovation amid a widening protection gap (disparity between economic and insured losses post-event) driven by climate trends and emerging risks. 2022 was another year of above-average catastrophe losses for re/insurers, and recent analysis has suggested that annual losses will again exceed ... Read the full article
Eckler names Richard Brown Managing Principal
6th June 2023
Eckler Ltd, an independent actuarial consulting firm based in Canada, has announced the appointment of Richard Brown as Managing Principal, effective immediately. He will take over from Jill Wagman, who is stepping down from the position after leading the firm for 11 years. She remains as Chair of the Board of ... Read the full article
Vesttoo completes $120m casualty quota share renewal for leading Lloyd’s syndicate
5th June 2023
Vesttoo, an insurance risk transfer and investment platform, has announced the completion of a successful $120 million renewal of quota share reinsurance cover for a leading London Lloyd's syndicate. The transaction, which was brokered by Howden Tiger, demonstrates continued global demand to bridge the insurance and capital markets. According to the announcement, ... Read the full article
Capital markets keen to play a more direct role managing intangible assets
14th April 2023
Speaking at Airmic's Captives Forum, Scott Feltham, group insurance manager at Compass Group, Peter Carter, head of captive & insurance management solutions at WTW, and Dr Henri Winand, CEO/co-founder at AkinovA, highlighted how the challenge of risk financing intangible assets is becoming a focus for captive owners, and how capital ... Read the full article
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