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, Fitch Ratings 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,...
Typhoon-Prone Philippines Seeks New Insurance After Lapse of Catastrophe Bond July 27, 2023 By Ditas Lopez The Philippines, recovering from damage wrought by Typhoon Doksuri, is seeking a new insurance plan as protection against future calamities...
Jamaica Finance Minister Sees ‘Definite Interest’ in Regional Caribbean Catastrophe Bond June 16, 2023 By David Lawder Jamaican Finance Minister Nigel Clarke said he is seeing “definite interest” from other Caribbean countries to join in issuing a...
EU Regulators Set Out Ideas to Help Plug Climate ‘Insurance Gap’ April 24, 2023 By Huw Jones Issuing “catastrophe bonds” and setting up public-private partnerships could help plug the “insurance gap” to better cover damage from climate...
Markets/Coverages: Reinsurance Tech Firm Tremor Launches Cat Bond Issuance Platform March 30, 2023 Tremor Technologies Inc., the Boston-based reinsurance pricing and placing platform, has launched a catastrophe bond issuance platform called Tremor Issuerâ„¢....
Typhoon-Prone Philippines to Launch Insurance Plan for Infrastructure Losses March 30, 2023 By Manolo Serapio Jr. and Ditas Lopez The Philippines is readying an insurance plan that will protect the Southeast Asian nation from infrastructure losses caused by natural...
Colombia, Peru Eye World Bank Catastrophe Bonds on Renewed Investor Interest March 29, 2023 By Esteban Duarte and Marcelo Rochabrun Colombia and Peru are considering returning to a World Bank program that issues bonds to cover claims on natural disasters...