Here's our latest Friday wrap-up of key news from the week.
Wishing our readers a happy, healthy and successful 2026!
We've published our latest catastrophe bond market report, detailing a record Q4 and full year with almost all headline records broken. Download your copy here.
Issuance activity continued this week, as a new $75m Herbie Re retro cat bond was launched to investors from Fidelis Insurance.
While Canadian insurer TD's new MMIFS Re cat bond saw its spread raised higher, seemingly to gain investor support.
Today we revealed four more expert speakers for our upcoming ILS NYC 2026 conference.
In other stories this week, there was a raft of analysis on the reinsurance renewals from major brokers.
Guy Carpenter said the January 1st 2026 reinsurance renewals saw "accelerated softening" as excess capital in the market weighed on rates.
Aon reported that cedents benefited from favourable dynamics at the renewals, aided by record levels of capital.
We looked at the property catastrophe rate-on-line indices from Guy Carpenter, as declines accelerated.
Gallagher Re said that the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is exerting growing influence on global reinsurance market dynamics.
Howden Re estimated that risk-adjusted pricing for property catastrophe treaty business declined by 14.7%, marking the largest year-on-year reduction since 2014.
Executives from reinsurer Swiss Re told us in an interview that the ILS space is still far from achieving robust daily pricing and dedicated liquidity providers.
Twelve Securis iexecs told us the firm is aiming to preserve the resilience and clarity of its portfolios throughout 2026, while continuing to deliver stable, attractive returns.
Howden Capital Markets & Advisory execs told us the ILS market is expected to continue evolving into an increasingly central part of the globe's risk-transfer infrastructure.
Lara Mowery, Chief Commercial Officer at Gallagher Re, explained that in 2026 it will be essential to observe how the industry evolves, especially through the introduction of new product types, the involvement of first-time participants, and the expansion of peril classes.
Finally, if you haven't seen them, Artemis has a wealth of data and analytics on the catastrophe bond and broader ILS market. View our charts and Deal Directory.
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We'll be back next week with more regular coverage.
We hope you have a safe & relaxing weekend.
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