Risk Models Behind Insurance-Linked Securities Are Getting a Lot Harder to Crack February 26, 2024 By Gautam Naik and Sheryl Tian Tong Lee As the best hedge fund strategy of 2023 becomes a magnet for mainstream investors, the risk models it relies on...
Fidelis Insurance Holdings Sponsors New ‘Herbie Re’ Catastrophe Bond February 23, 2024 Fidelis Insurance Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda insurance holding company, announced it has closed a new catastrophe bond via its “Herbie...
Hedge Funds’ Mega Returns Set Off Demand Spiral for Catastrophe Bonds February 5, 2024 By Sheryl Tian Tong Lee and Gautam Naik As hedge funds rake in record profits in one of the riskiest corners of the debt market, the products behind...
Hedge Funds Rake in Huge Profits Betting on Catastrophe Risk January 22, 2024 By Gautam Naik and Sheryl Tian Tong Lee For hedge funds, the science of catastrophes helped generate the best returns of any alternative investment strategy last year. The...
Hedge Fund Fermat Has Best Year Ever as Catastrophe Bonds Deliver Record Results January 18, 2024 By Gautam Naik Fermat Capital Management just had the best year in its more than two-decade history, after outsize bets on catastrophe bonds...
Markets/Coverages: Lloyd’s Announces 1st 144A Cat Bond on Its London Bridge Platform January 8, 2024 Lloyd’s, the re/insurance marketplace, announced that the first 144A catastrophe bond has been issued on its risk transformation platform London...
Inigo Issues 3rd Catastrophe Bond for $100 Million January 5, 2024 Inigo Ltd. announced it has issued its third catastrophe bond for $100 million via Montoya Re Ltd. The cat bond...
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...