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- Reinsurance rate declines may slow by 2028, soft market floor may not be found till 2030: Jefferies
Analysts from Jefferies are not confident that reinsurance leadership teams are fully-acknowledging how fast rates have been softening and believe that the focus will shift to terms and conditions from 2028, while a soft market floor may not be found until 2030.
- Hurricane Polo makes landfall in Baja California Sur, Mexico. No threat to IBRD cat bond
Hurricane Polo made landfall on the west coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico with sustained winds of 110 mph and a minimum central pressure of 965mb, at which level there is no threat to the parametric trigger of the Mexican governments $175 million IBRD CAR Mexico 2024 (Pacific) catastrophe bond.
- Catastrophe bond soft market not yet at 2017 levels, but could last another year: Lane Financial
The current soft market in catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS) is not yet at the depressed levels seen in 2017, analysis from consultancy Lane Financial LLC shows. But the company suggests the soft cat bond market could last another year, if 2026 continues to run loss-free.
- Hannover Re Capital Partners establishes new Bermuda fund structure and SPI
Hannover Re Capital Partners, the Bermuda-based insurance-linked securities (ILS) platform established by global reinsurance firm Hannover Re, is continuing to expand its activities on the island, with new fund infrastructure established to support ILS investment options for clients.
- Generali’s aggregate reinsurance in focus as European cats and weather bite in 2026
Analysts at investment bank Jefferies have brought insurer Generali’s aggregate reinsurance protection into focus, saying that losses from catastrophes and weather events in Europe could drive the insurer to make reinsurance recoveries from its aggregate protection this year, given the restructuring of the coverage for 2026.
- Marsh launches Archer platform for life and annuity reinsurers, sidecars, SPIs and cells
With the life and annuity reinsurance space seeing a wave of interest from both internal and external sponsors, including third-party capital providers, Marsh has launched a new platform initiative named Archer that is designed to help sponsors quickly set up and launch a new life and annuity reinsurance structure including sidecars.
- Allianz may be planning a second life reinsurance sidecar, Sconset Re II
Global insurance giant Allianz may be planning a new iteration of its Sconset Re life reinsurance sidecar vehicle, with new entities that align with that structures name having been pre-registered in Bermuda, sources have explained.
- Micro-catastrophe bonds show growing potential for use in disaster risk financing: OECD
A trend towards smaller catastrophe bond issues becoming more feasible as market infrastructure improves has been highlighted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), who suggest that what they term micro-catastrophe bonds have relevant application in disaster risk financing initiatives.
- Euler ILS Partners signs multi-year catastrophe risk analytics agreement with Moody’s
Euler ILS Partners, the specialist Swiss insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has signed a multi-year agreement with Moody’s to utilise the firms catastrophe risk models, analytics and exposure datasets to support its underwriting, portfolio management and decision-making across ILS opportunities.
- For ILS, attracting capital is not the challenge, it’s creating new opportunities to deploy: LGT’s Paul
Further expansion in the ILS market doesn’t necessarily require venturing beyond property catastrophe risk, according to LGT ILS Partners’ Hilary Paul, who recently highlighted to Artemis, that because traditional reinsurers still hold the vast majority of global catastrophe exposure, directing capital market capacity toward extreme tail risks can complement traditional balance sheets without adding counterparty credit risk.
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