ILS

Bermuda’s competitive edge goes deeper than capital: Hiscox Re
12 November 2026   Access to an entire re/insurance ecosystem still gives the island a distinctive competitive advantage.

Latest Features

Alternative Risk Transfer
Experts advise climate-vulnerable nations to look beyond expensive, low-frequency cat bonds.
Alternative Risk Transfer
Fermat, Plenum lead early ILS defence as illiquid asset fears rise.
Alternative Risk Transfer
AI-powered risk modelling could help create new, innovative structures in the ILS space.
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.
All features


More News

20 October 2026   Better data could unlock ILS and ILW opportunities beyond Europe’s traditional peak perils.
19 October 2026   New rules cap broker-book allocations, ban some players and counter negative selection.
24 September 2026   Says there’s scope to bypass carrier balance sheets with underwriting, claims, captives.
24 September 2026   Mechanisms could provide capacity far beyond the balance sheets of insurers.
18 September 2026   ILS appetite remains strong, with more sidecars expected to enter the market.
14 September 2026   Asia-Pacific becoming burgeoning market for cat bonds and ILS.
13 September 2026   GBA integration drives demand as Hong Kong expands its regional risk hub role.
More news