All ILS articles
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NewsAon’s Pennay: ILS maturity opens new growth pathways
Richard Pennay, CEO of Aon Securities, says cat bonds have become a central feature of the reinsurance landscape, with casualty and cyber poised to fuel the next phase of insurance-linked securities (ILS) development.
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NewsAon highlights casualty, ILS growth and facility innovation ahead of RVS
Aon’s pre-RVS 2025 briefing emphasised changes in casualty risk appetite, a surge in catastrophe bond issuance, and the growing role of broker facilities in delivering reinsurance capacity.
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NewsILS market hits $121bn as cat bond issuance breaks new records – Aon
Alternative capital expands through record catastrophe bond volumes, sidecars and new perils
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NewsParametric expanding in Africa and ILS markets – GC&C’s Edwards
Simon Edwards leads parametric underwriting at Generali Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C) in the UK, including an expanding partnership with Descartes Underwriting.
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NewsPool Re makes £100m third catastrophe bond placement
Great Britain’s terrorism reinsurance fund continues to explore insurance linked securities for its retro placements, this time to the tune of $100m, with the assistance of Aon and Howden.
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NewsGAM Investments and Swiss Re strike ILS partnership
Swiss Re will co-manage GAM’s ILS funds, including around $3bn in assets under management.
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NewsLockton Re appoints Paire to lead capital advisory practice
Eric Paire joins from Aon, where he was head of capital advisory for nearly seven years.
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NewsGenerali and Descartes launch ILS fund parametric partnership
Descartes Underwriting and GC&C co-launch Lumyna Twelve Capital parametric ILS Fund
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NewsLockton Re Capital Markets appoints UK structuring, cyber ILS leader
New ILS hire in London joins Lockton Re from rival reinsurance broker Gallagher Re.
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NewsGuy Carpenter on 1/1: ‘strong reinsurer appetite, excess prop cat capacity’
Non-loss-impacted property catastrophe renewals fell 5-15% risk-adjusted at 1/1, the broker said, but casualty reinsurance buyers experienced ”varying outcomes”.
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NewsGeneva Association releases cyber risk transfer progress report
A new paper from the industry body provides analysis about the challenges facing the cyber re/insurance market, through traditional underwriting and alternative risk transfer.
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NewsMapfre Re turns to cat bond market for the first time for retro cover
Spanish reinsurer has structured retrocessional protection through a catastrophe bond for the first time, to transfer US wind risk.
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NewsAon names O’Connell global cyber strategy leader, exec MD Reinsurance Solutions
Robert O’Connell was previously CEO of Bermuda-based Cyber Re and Platform Labs, focused on cyber underwriting, data science and analytics.
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NewsAon names Schultz as global vice chair of reinsurance
Richard Pennay is to replace Paul Schultz as the CEO of Aon Securities, the broker’s ILS arm.
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NewsCaponigro appointed as AXA XL’s head of reinsurance capital management
Third party capital and insurance linked securities (ILS) hire at the re/insurer joins from AXIS Capital and previously worked at Platinum Underwriters and Everest Re.
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NewsILS pipeline from NGO cat bonds and even casualty 'baby steps' – Aon Securies’ Schultz
A lack of Atlantic Hurricane storm activity, with no major US hurricanes making landfall to trouble re/insurance markets since Hurricane Beryl, which made landfall in Southeast Texas on July 8.
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NewsDiscipline holds after ‘all time high’ – Hiscox Re & ILS
Matthew Wilken, chief underwriting officer (CUO) of Hiscox Re & ILS thinks pricing discipline and fresh demand mean the reinsurance market is in “a good place” this summer. He is responsible for the reinsurance carriers’ book of more than $1bn gross premium.
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NewsA remarkable year for ILS, navigating capital inflows and outflows – Aon’s Schultz
Insurance linked securities (ILS) markets have reached new heights in 2024, building on a record-breaking 2023, Aside from the achievement of record new issuance, Paul Schultz, CEO of Aon Securities, highlights the ILS market’s ability to continue to grow amid the flux of incoming and outgoing capital – a symptom ...
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NewsWhere are all the new reinsurers?
A hardening market usually heralds the arrival of new reinsurers, but this has not happened in 2023 and 2024. Two analysts from AM Best recently sat down with Global Reinsurance to try to explain why.
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NewsPool Re appoints Aon Securities and Howden Capital Markets as ILS advisors
The UK Treasury-backed terrorism reinsurance pool has previously used catastrophe bonds to source reinsurance protection.
