This video features an expert panel discussing finding balance for sponsors and investors in the catastrophe bond segment of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market at our Artemis ILS NYC 2025 conference, which was held in New York on February 7th 2025.ILS NYC 2025 was Artemis’ eighth catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference held in-person
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
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