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Cat bond fund rally rolls into October as Plenum index hits new highs

10 November 2026 The USD benchmark climbs for a 78th straight week, but monthly momentum eases.

Exclusive: Could tokenisation in Bermuda break ILS’s liquidity deadlock?

5 November 2026

Hiscox Re grows premiums by 4.5% in first nine months

3 November 2026

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Do cat bonds serve poorer nations facing climate disaster well?

Experts advise climate-vulnerable nations to look beyond expensive, low-frequency cat bonds.

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EU’s cat bond rethink stirs ILS leaders to coordinated public pushback

Fermat, Plenum lead early ILS defence as illiquid asset fears rise.

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The next frontier: parametric cat bonds for site-specific risks

AI-powered risk modelling could help create new, innovative structures in the ILS space.

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Cyber ILS poised for steady growth as capital backs the risk

Investors lean into higher-risk returns, paving the way for more choice among buyers.

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ILS fever may be set to spread beyond cat bonds

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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Choosing ILS is a strategic business move

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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New ILS capital is needed: Schroders’ Lohmann

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.

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Swiss Re ILS deal maps the future of ILS: Lohmann

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.

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Lloyd’s draws red lines for broker reinsurance as Cortina takes shape

19 October 2026 New rules cap broker-book allocations, ban some players and counter negative selection.

Just as cool as Cortina? Gallagher sees capital via captives-ILS-Lloyd's

24 September 2026 Says there’s scope to bypass carrier balance sheets with underwriting, claims, captives.

ILS, capital markets key to closing the protection gap: Moody’s

24 September 2026 Mechanisms could provide capacity far beyond the balance sheets of insurers.

Reinsurers to resist softer terms as January renewal talks loom: Moody’s

18 September 2026 ILS appetite remains strong, with more sidecars expected to enter the market.

Traditional reinsurance not enough to fill protection gap: Mapfre Re China

14 September 2026 Asia-Pacific becoming burgeoning market for cat bonds and ILS.

Hong Kong eyes wider Asian risk management role as GBA demand grows: HKFI

13 September 2026 GBA integration drives demand as Hong Kong expands its regional risk hub role.

Blackstone via Aon: a whole new class of ‘raw, permanent’ reinsurance capital

11 September 2026 It’s the logic of re-share deals taken to the limit: Aon’s full reinsurance book.

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