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22 January 2026 As ILS becomes core reinsurance capital, casualty risk is pushing the market back toward bespoke structures, deeper diligence and longer-term thinking.
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Alternative Risk Transfer
AI-powered risk modelling could help create new, innovative structures in the ILS space.
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Investors lean into higher-risk returns, paving the way for more choice among buyers.
Alternative Risk Transfer
A multi-year rally for catastrophe bonds with accompanying flurry of issuance may have begun to spill over into growth for reinsurance sidecars and parallel collateralised ILS spaces as pricing disparity tempts investors back into the related sub-classes.
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The evolving role of insurance-linked securities (ILS) in reinsurance is now a matter of strategic foresight rather than tactical necessity. Acrisure Re managing director of catastrophe bond solutions believes the ILS market today is better than it was 10 to 15 years ago.
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The risk transfer industry needs more capital—but ILS investors are interested only if returns reach more attractive levels that meet or exceed long-term target returns for risk assets, Dirk Lohmann, chairman of Schroders Capital ILS, told Intelligent Insurer.
Alternative Risk Transfer
Swiss Re’s recent innovative ILS deal, completed with JP Morgan and designed to help the reinsurer manage its capital, has the potential to grow the sector exponentially, says one of the industry’s pioneers Dirk Lohmann.
Alternative Risk Transfer
Hannover Re’s recent cyber ILS deal, using a proportional reinsurance structure to transfer cyber risk to capital markets investors, could become a template for further deals and help insurers to cope with burgeoning demand, says Henning Ludolphs of Hannover Re.
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As demand for cyber insurance grows, capital markets investors can meet capacity needs thanks to the development of innovative cyber ILS structures, as Beazley has now demonstrated. Paul Bantick, global head of cyber risks, Beazley, spoke to Intelligent Insurer.
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15 December 2025 Deal pricing points to 7-8% returns in 2026, still enough to draw ‘significant capital.’
15 December 2025 Offers groundbreaking sub-layers structure in a market first.
11 December 2025 Carey Olsen partner pins Bermuda’s regulatory strength as the driver for the convergence of insurance and digital finance.
8 December 2025 Blending finance, risk and real-world impact, Guillaume Courtet is helping shape the next era of sustainable ILS solutions.
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