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10 September 2025 Tail risks are untested, questionably modelled and span legal, not just financial, risks.
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Alternative Risk Transfer
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.
Alternative Risk Transfer
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.
Alternative Risk Transfer
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.
Alternative Risk Transfer
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.
Insurance
Two cyber ILS deals were launched in January in a watershed moment for the market. Here, a panel of experts debate what this new source of capacity for cyber risks could mean for this line of business and end policyholders.
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6 September 2025 Specialist Descartes bullish on its capital and momentum to stay top of the market.
6 September 2025 The industry must not squander today’s excess capacity as the cycle softens, QBE Re chief urges discipline.
5 September 2025 Axis Capital tie-up brings nearly $1bn of reinsurance capacity to Ryan MGAs.
5 September 2025 This year will set a new record with 2026 looking just as strong: Moody's.
4 September 2025 ILS manager seeks scalable partner as market eyes $200bn by 2032.
4 September 2025 Further rate softening at mid-year renewals steers a shift towards a favourable policyholder environment, AM Best reports.
3 September 2025 The draw of ILS prevails: 78% of buyers are mulling cat bonds - Moody’s buyer survey.
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