Bermuda (Re)Insurers Face Margin Pressure but Maintain Strong Returns in 2025
Global reinsurers’ profitability will remain strong in 2025 despite lower risk-adjusted prices for most business lines when reinsurance contracts
ILS Market Review
“ILS Market Review” from Beinsure offers a detailed analysis of the insurance-linked securities market. This review covers key developments, trends, and performance metrics within the sector. It examines how ILS products, such as catastrophe bonds and collateralized reinsurance, are influencing the broader insurance and reinsurance markets.
The review provides insights into market dynamics, including supply and demand, pricing trends, and investor behavior. Additionally, it highlights significant transactions and regulatory changes affecting the ILS landscape. The aim is to inform stakeholders, including insurers, investors, and analysts, about current conditions and future outlooks in the ILS market.
Insurance-Linked Securities Market in 2025 Hits New Record as Investor Interest Grows
The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market hit $107 bn in capacity by the end of 2024, driven by strong investor returns and increased catastrophe bond issuance
Global Natural Catastrophe Overview: Economic & Insured Losses for 2024 FY
In 2024, global natural perils resulted in total direct economic costs of $417 bn. Of this, $154 bn was covered by private insurers and public insurance entities
APRA’s Proposed Reinsurance Reforms: Impact on Australian Insurers’ Credit Profiles
Changes to reinsurance-related capital requirements proposed by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority strengthen Australian general insurers’ credit profiles
ILS & Catastrophe Bond Market Expands with Record Issuances & Cyber Risk Inclusion
Catastrophe bond issuance set records in three of the past four quarters, pushing the market to $45.6 bn—an 18% rise
ILS Market & Alternative Reinsurance Capital: Poised for Continued Growth
ILS market remains a significant capital source for reinsurers in 2024. Alternative capital estemated at $110 bn, with the catastrophe bond market growing to $45 bn
ILS, Cat Bond & Post Hurricane Ian Reinsurance Market Update
The property catastrophe bond market supported new and repeat insurance, reinsurance and government sponsors
Global Economy & New Drivers of Re/Insurance Sector Growth
The global economy is in a precarious position. The war in Ukraine has superseded COVID-19 as the dominant economic driver, even as China continues to grapple
How ILS Can Support Additional Re/Insurance Capacity for Cyber Risk
ILS plays a key role in allowing catastrophe risk to be transferred from the commercial insurance market to investors, providing additional (re)insurance capacity
ILS & Cat Bonds Have Seen Little Signs of New Capital Entering
ILS and collateralized markets have seen little signs of new capital entering, but lower estimates helped to provide additional liquidity for retrocession
Catastrophe Bond & ILS Market Review by Artemis
According to Artemis, catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance fell when compared with the prior year quarter
ILS Market Cyber Insurance Survey. 6 Questions for ILS Funds
The increased use of new forms of risk transfer in the cyber reinsurance market to have renewed discussions about the potential role Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS)
Cyber Insurance Linked Securities: Acute ILS Demand Could Drive a Retrocession Market
Increasing demand for cyber re/insurance have made the need for fresh risk capital acute. With insurance linked securities (ILS) market, re/insurers may be change
U.S. cyber insurance renewal premium rates in 2025 have declined year over year for the past three quarters and are expected to remain under pressure
Global insured losses from natural disaster events in Q1 2025 were preliminarily estimated to reach at least $53 bn, the highest Q1 insured losses since Q1 2011 ($81 bn)
European reinsurers recorded stronger return on equity (ROE) in 2023 and 2024, exceeding their cost of equity in three of the last four years
Global re/insurers reported improved underwriting results and capital positions. These gains came alongside rising uncertainty around reserve development and expanding loss gaps