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
Investors in ILS
Investors in ILS review on Beinsure Media focuses on individuals and institutions that invest in Insurance-Linked Securities – financial instruments tied to insurance risks, such as catastrophe bonds and collateralized reinsurance.
This category highlights the strategies, motivations, and performance of these investors. It covers market trends, investment opportunities, and risk management techniques specific to ILS.
Content in this section provides insights into how investors navigate the ILS market, including the types of risks they are willing to accept and the potential returns they seek. The category aims to inform stakeholders about the dynamics of ILS investments and their impact on the broader insurance and financial markets.
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
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
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
Average Losses of Higher-Risk Focused ILS Funds Increased After Hurricane Ian
Higher-risk focused insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategies appear to be averaging losses around the 17% mark after hurricane Ian
Investors in Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) Are Seeking Innovation and Improve Disaster Relief
Investors in ILS are seeking innovation—they may find it in Africa where a combination of transnational bodies, better data and a desire to structure improved disaster relief
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
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
Global reinsurers’ profitability will remain strong in 2025 despite lower risk-adjusted prices for most business lines when reinsurance contracts
Europe’s four largest reinsurers—Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hannover Re, and SCOR—reported strong financial results in 2024