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...
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...
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...
Credit Suisse’s Catastrophe Bonds Should Outlive the Bank: DBRS Morningstar March 27, 2023 By Lucca de Paoli Bonds designed to insure Credit Suisse Group AG against disaster could outlive the bank. Credit Suisse’s Operational Re bonds, insurance-linked...
Swiss Re Closes $700M Alternative Capital Deal, Enabling Growth in Favorable Market March 7, 2023 Swiss Re has closed a US$700 million multi-year stop-loss transaction with funding led by J.P. Morgan. The financing builds upon...
Ariel Re Raises $270M of Capital to Support Growth Opportunities March 6, 2023 Ariel Re, a global reinsurance business with offices in Bermuda, London and Hong Kong, has announced it has secured $270...
No Class of 2023: Why Capital Is Sitting on the Reinsurance Sidelines January 25, 2023 By Susanne Sclafane Until investors can be convinced that property-catastrophe reinsurance pricing has caught up with recurring event losses, they’ll continue to sit...
Hannover Re Transfers Cyber Risks to Capital Markets via Proportional Reinsurance January 24, 2023 Hannover Re has developed an additional retrocession tool that for the first time enables the capital markets to participate directly...
Cat Bond Investors Demand Higher Premiums as Weather Becomes More Extreme January 11, 2023 By Lucca de Paoli and Tasos Vossos Investors in the $35 billion catastrophe bond market are demanding the highest premiums in years to cover issuers against disasters,...
Beazley Launches Global Re/insurance Market’s First Cyber Catastrophe Bond January 9, 2023 Specialist insurer Beazley has launched the global insurance market’s first cyber catastrophe bond. The $45 million bond gives Beazley indemnity...