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catastrophe bonds
Catastrophe bonds are an insurance-linked securities (ILS) instrument, where insurance and reinsurance related risks are transferred to the capital markets in Rule 144A securitized formats.
Read our catastrophe bond news and analysis below.
MAPFRE RE secures €125m cat bond targeting European wind risk
26th November 2025
MAPFRE RE has returned to the catastrophe bond market by sponsoring a new €125 million, three-year issuance specifically designed to protect its European risk portfolio against extreme wind events, which constitute the firm's main catastrophic exposure in the region. This 2025 transaction, executed through the Irish-domiciled SPV Recoletos Re DAC, Read the full article
Swiss Re urges bolder investment in Insurance-Linked Loans to strengthen sovereign disaster resilience
17th November 2025
Swiss Re Public Sector Solutions, the arm of the global reinsurer that works with governments, international institutions, and the broader public sector on risk transfer solutions, has suggested now is the time to invest more boldly in insurance-linked loans. Swiss Re says insurance-linked loans, alongside parametric insurance, catastrophe bonds, and contingent ... Read the full article
Hurricane Melissa triggers $150mn World Bank cat bond for Jamaica
7th November 2025
The Government of Jamaica will receive a full payout of $150 million under its catastrophe insurance coverage, backed by a World Bank catastrophe bond, following the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa. Hurricane Melissa was the thirteenth named storm and the fourth major hurricane of the 2025 North Atlantic hurricane season. For ... Read the full article
Conduit Re in ‘full preparation mode’ as market discipline holds and rates begin to soften: CEO Eckert
5th November 2025
During a recent interview, Neil Eckert, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bermuda-based reinsurer Conduit Re, said the company reported a benign third quarter, reaffirming its guidance for year-end as the market shows early signs of rate softening in property catastrophe and retrocession. In its Q3’25 results, Conduit ... 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
CBPR market shows strong profitability and strategic reinsurance moves: Guy Carpenter
11th September 2025
Guy Carpenter, a reinsurance and risk advisory firm, reports in its Global Specialties Market Update on the current dynamics shaping the Credit, Bond & Political Risk (CBPR) market. According to Guy Carpenter, the global environment remains volatile, influenced by ongoing geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty that have persisted over the past ... Read the full article
Record $121bn alternative capital signals further growth in ILS market: Aon
28th August 2025
Aon’s latest report has revealed that alternative capital surged to a record $121 billion by June 30, 2025, as cedents increasingly turn to solutions beyond the traditional reinsurance market. H1 2025 saw the structuring of 56 catastrophe bonds with an issuance total of $17 billion, matching the full-year 2024 total in ... Read the full article
SageSure and Auros close $100m cat bond with strong investor support
11th July 2025
SageSure, a managing general underwriter (MGU) focused on catastrophe-exposed markets, along with its carrier partners Auros Reciprocal Insurance Exchange and Elevate Reciprocal Exchange, has closed the Gateway Re Series 2025-3 catastrophe bond at $100 million. Including this latest issuance, the SageSure-supported Gateway Re series now exceeds $2.1 billion in cumulative notional ... Read the full article
Q2 2025 cat bond issuance hits record $10.5bn: Artemis
3rd July 2025
The second quarter of 2025 was another record period for the catastrophe bond market, with issuance of $10.5 billion from 38 transactions comprised of 58 tranches of notes, ensuring that new annual records have been set for 144A property cat bond and total 144A cat bond and related ILS issuance, ... Read the full article
Ariel Re secures $150m of multi-peril retro reinsurance with latest cat bond
2nd July 2025
Global reinsurer Ariel Re has successfully sponsored its fifth catastrophe bond, Titania Re 2025-1, providing it with $150 million of multi-peril retrocessional reinsurance protection with a state-weighted industry loss trigger over four years. Consistent with prior transactions, detailed in the Deal Directory of our sister publication, Artemis, the bond offers ... Read the full article
Retained earnings lift global reinsurer capital to record $720bn in Q1’25: Aon
1st July 2025
Analysis by insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon estimates that global reinsurer capital increased by almost 1%, or $5 billion in the first quarter of 2025 to $720 billion, driven by growth in traditional capital as the alternative portion remained at a record high. In 2024, global reinsurer capital grew by ... Read the full article
ILS and collateralised reinsurers dominate Florida Citizens 2025 renewal
24th June 2025
Final lines for Florida Citizens Property Insurance Corporation's 2025 risk transfer programme reveal that insurance-linked securities (ILS) and collateralised markets make up the majority of the new reinsurance placed, and the total tower for the year ahead. Yesterday, we reported that Citizens, Florida's insurer of last resort, had successfully secured ... Read the full article
Kingstone lifts catastrophe reinsurance limit 57% to $440m for 2025
23rd June 2025
Kingstone Companies, Inc., a US property and casualty insurance holding company, has finalised its 2025/2026 catastrophe reinsurance placement, increasing the amount of reinsurance limit secured by 57%, or $160 million year-on-year to $440 million. The limit includes $125 million in multi-year protection through the carrier's first catastrophe bond, 1886 ... Read the full article
Reminder: Register for the Artemis live webinar on cat bond and ILS market trends at mid-year 2025
10th June 2025
Artemis, our insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused sister publication, is hosting a webinar on June 17th, 2025, at 10am EST in the US (3pm BST UK), in collaboration with Computershare, during which market experts will discuss the state of the catastrophe bond and related ILS sector at mid-year 2025. Read the full article
Centauri / Lilypad sponsor $30m Koi Re private cat bond for US named storms
4th June 2025
US insurers Centauri Insurance and Lilypad Insurance have sponsored a $30 million Koi Re private catastrophe bond, designed to provide indemnity-based reinsurance protection against named storms in the US. Its successful issuance marks a significant step in leveraging capital markets to strengthen both companies’ risk management strategies. The Koi Re transaction provides ... Read the full article
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