US primary insurer Travelers increased its catastrophe bond coverage in 2026 to a staggering $750 million, while the carrier’s Northeast Property Catastrophe Excess-of-Loss Reinsurance July 1st...
US insurer Allstate has announced an estimated pre-tax catastrophe loss burden for the month of June 2026 of $563 million. But the second-quarter 2026 total has now risen to $1.72 billion, which is a...
Fermat Capital Management, the specialist catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has reached another high point in terms of its cat bond and ILS assets under...
While the rising risk of a Super El Niño remains highly uncertain in both geography and magnitude, parametric trigger designs can add a crucial layer of granularity to climate coverage. According to...
CatIQ, the Toronto-based independent provider of industry-wide catastrophe insurance data and a subsidiary of PERILS, has released its latest insured loss estimates for two severe weather events that...
Insured losses from natural catastrophe events across the globe in the first half of 2026 are estimated to have reached USD $46 billion, down on last year’s $84 billion and 28% below the 10-year...
Whilst it appears that a super El Niño could be on the horizon, a new commentary from VP Bank AG authored by Senior Investment Strategist Bernhard Allgäuer indicates that insurance-linked securities...
The World Bank has begun work on a proposed project to deliver a parametric earthquake catastrophe bond for Nepal, targeting US $80 million to US $190 million of fully-collateralized disaster risk...
The catastrophe bond market reached new heights in terms of issuance and activity levels in the second-quarter of 2026, with a number of important records being set as cat bond sponsors and investors...
A new insurer has been launched supported by third-party capital from investors and asset managers KKR-backed Kilter Finance and Blue Owl Capital, with newly rated WoodStar Reciprocal Exchange set to...