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30 July 2025Alternative Risk Transfer

H1 cat bonds surge to near-record annual issuance

The first half of 2025 has already made this year the second-largest year of catastrophe bond issuance since the market began, with more than $17 billion raised in capacity across nearly 60 transactions.

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