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19 August 2024Alternative Risk Transfer

ILS gains too ‘modest’ to alter capacity story, despite cat bond glory

ILS capacity growth, while enjoying a bonanza of cat bond issuance for over a year, remains far too  “modest” to through any weight into the reinsurance capacity story that might alter the market’s overall trajectory, analysts at AM Best have said in their semi-annual review of the segment. 

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