March 11, 2025
Financial Assets

CEA catastrophe bonds now 31% share of tower, as risk transfer declines to $7.85bn

The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) shrank its risk transfer tower through the January renewals, as its traditional reinsurance placements saw further contracts expire, resulting in its catastrophe bonds making up a larger share of the overall at now more than 31%.When we last reported on the CEA’s risk transfer tower, made up of reinsurance and

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Financial Assets

Cyber cat bonds one source for alternative reinsurance capacity growth in 2025: Fitch

Fitch Ratings, a provider of credit ratings, research, and risk analysis, expects to see a further expansion of alternative reinsurance capacity in 2025, supported by cyber catastrophe bond issuances, which will add to the reinsurance sector’s capital base and help absorb earnings volatility.Looking back at 2024, three cyber cat bonds were introduced to the insurance-linked

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