Allianz Sponsors Catastrophe Bond for European Windstorm Risks December 20, 2023 Allianz has sponsored a new catastrophe bond which will provide the group with multi-year risk transfer capacity of €250 million...
Insurance, Cat Bonds Can Help Boost Poorer Countries’ Resilience to Climate Risks December 1, 2023 By Alessandro Parodi, Simon Jessop and Libby George Low-income countries are struggling to access insurance, catastrophe bonds and other hedging mechanisms that could help protect them from the...
AXIS Capital Sponsors First Cyber-Catastrophe Bond Issued in Public Debt Markets November 29, 2023 By Gautam Naik For the first time, a cyber-catastrophe bond has made its way into public debt markets. Long Walk Reinsurance Ltd. issued...
Poor Countries Are Missing Out on Pre-Arranged Climate Disaster Finance: Study November 16, 2023 By Alessandro Parodi The poorest and most vulnerable countries do not benefit enough from pre-arranged financing to cope with disasters and are most...
Cyber ‘Catastrophe Bonds’ Move Step Closer to Hitting Public Debt Markets November 13, 2023 By Gautam Naik Cyber catastrophe bonds may be about to move out of the shadows of private deal-making and into the public debt...
Catastrophe Bond Market Headed for Major Surge in Issuance October 25, 2023 By Gautam Naik The market for catastrophe bonds is one of this year’s best-performing debt classes. It’s also about to see a significant...
Catastrophe Bond Market Defies Global Selloff With Record Returns October 16, 2023 By Gautam Naik As bond markets everywhere get battered by a cocktail of higher interest rates, deficit angst and hawkish central bankers, one...
Reinsurers Hope Profitability Party Will Last – But All Good Things Must End September 11, 2023 By Brian C. Schneider Executive summary: Fitch Ratings is projecting reinsurer returns on equity of 14% in 2023 and 2024, results that reflect a...
Catastrophe Bond Funds Ranked Among 2023’s Top-Performing Credit Funds August 10, 2023 By Nell Mackenzie Catastrophe bond funds rank among the 10 best performing credit funds this year, as the hurricanes, earthquakes and other disasters...
Europeans Lack Insurance Protection as Wildfires and Drought Batter the Region August 3, 2023 By Natasha White Europeans are among the least insured against certain types of extreme weather and other natural disasters in the developed world,...