Hannover Re’s E+S Rück sees catastrophe reinsurance demand rising, ILS opportunity
Irrespective of lower claims experience over the last year in natural catastrophe reinsurance business, Hannover Re’s German subsidiary E+S Rückversicherung AG has said that it expects demand for property catastrophe reinsurance will continue to rise, while insurance-linked securities (ILS) business is also seen as an area of opportunity for the group. Hannover Re’s German subsidiary […]
Balanced reinsurance environment to persist into 2026: Active Re
The reinsurance market is expected to remain “in a phase of transition and recalibration”, remaining fundamentally healthy heading into 2026, said Robert Ali, Active Re’s Chief Operating Officer, in a recent interview with Reinsurance News. After a period of hardening, the market has evolved into a more balanced environment in 2025, a trend that is […]
Bermuda’s BMA set to consult industry on new parametric SPI class: Convergence 2025
During a panel session earlier today at the ILS Bermuda Convergence 2025 conference, it was announced that the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) is currently in the final stages of implementing a new special purpose insurer (SPI) class that will primarily focus on the use of parametric triggers. The announcement was made by Taijaun Talbot, Assistant […]
ILS increasingly institutional. But investor education still critically important: Convergence 2025
During a panel discussion at the ILS Bermuda Convergence 2025 conference yesterday, speakers were asked to discuss what they’ve seen in the way of improvements in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class over the last five years, with the institutionalisation of ILS and continuing efforts in educating investors both seen as key. The panellists were […]
Rest Super cat bond allocation via Twelve Securis grows ~85% to US $242m in last year
Rest Super, one of the Australian superannuation funds that has around 2 million members and $100 billion in funds under management, has grown its insurance-linked securities (ILS) allocation to catastrophe bonds through ILS manager Twelve Securis over the last year to around US $242 million. Rest Super began allocating to the ILS asset class through […]
IDF urges global shift from disaster response to prevention
Saoirse Jones of Zurich Insurance and Mathieu Verougstraete of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), both Co-Chairs of the Insurance Development Forum’s Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group, are calling on governments, investors, and insurers to shift the global approach from reacting to disasters to actively preventing them According to the Insurance Development […]
Hannover Re Capital Partners the “missing piece” of our ILS business: Sehm
At the Hannover Re investor day this week Executive Board Member Silke Sehm explained that the establishment of Hannover Re Capital Partners unit is seen as a new sidecar business opportunity, that will help the reinsurance firm write more property catastrophe risk and earn additional fee income. We reported on the coming launch of Hannover […]
Growing opportunity in Latin America for catastrophe bonds and ILS: Fitch Ratings
There is a growing opportunity for further use of catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS) in Latin America, with Brazil’s first ILS deal recently setting a positive example, Fitch Ratings has explained. Commenting on reinsurance market opportunities in Latin America, Fitch said, “Fitch Ratings estimates the Latin American reinsurance market from USD18 billion to USD22 […]
All ILS transactions help address the protection gap: Schroders Capital’s Turner
As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continues to grow, its role in addressing the widening protection gap is coming into sharper focus, with Holly Turner, Climate Specialist at Schroders Capital, suggesting that every ILS transaction can help address this goal. “Within climate adaptation, climate ‘resilience’ – the ability of a system, community or individual to […]
Digitization and discipline key to sustaining cat bond market growth: Wrosch, Twelve Securis
As the catastrophe bond market continues to expand, the next phase of growth won’t come from standardization alone. Digitization, streamlining data and deal flow, will be crucial for handling scale while preserving sponsor flexibility, according to Tanja Wrosch, Head of Cat Bond Portfolio Management at Twelve Securis. Twelve Securis was formed in February this year, […]