Industry losses from the recent magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture are expected to be relatively lower than the devastating 2016 Kumamoto quakes, which caused US $53 billion in...
Nephila Capital’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund management revenues reported within parent Markel’s results have risen strongly by 23% in the second-quarter of 2026 and now by 30% for the...
Mt. Logan Capital Management, Ltd. (MLCM), the Everest Group owned third-party capital management platform, has expanded its assets under management meaningfully over recent months, reaching $3.4...
Reinsurance firm Munich Re has estimated that global insured losses from natural catastrophe events reached US $44 billion in the first-half of 2026, below long-term averages, and a notable decline...
Verisk, the data analytics and technology provider, has acquired McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS), a geospatial intelligence and event response company that specialises in global real-time...
Twelve Securis has reported that it does not expect any significant loss impact to the cat bond market from yesterday’s Kumamoto, Japan earthquake, while an assessment of its private ILS positions...
In light of HCI Group’s interest in taking risk on-chain and issuing tokenized reinsurance securities through a new partnership with Oxbridge Re, Chairman and CEO Paresh Patel has highlighted how...
Global gross domestic product (GDP) exposure to damaging severe convective storm (SCS) winds is projected to grow 14% over the next 30 years, reaching $20.2 trillion as climate risks continue to...
The secondary market for catastrophe bonds remained bid-heavy during the opening half of 2026, as an influx of market participants looked to buy bonds rather than sell out of their existing...
Broking group WTW has launched a new streamlined longevity swap solution called Longevity Stream, that’s set to broaden access to the expanding market for UK defined benefit schemes with £100m to...