The average return of UCITS catastrophe bond fund strategies was 1.38% for the first-quarter of 2025, according to the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices. But lower-risk cat bond funds led the way by averaging 1.50% for the period as a group, as they generally had less exposure to the California wildfire cat bond mark-downs.March … Read more
French reinsurer SCOR has cited the benefits of early issuance as being a key factor behind the successful placement of its latest catastrophe bond, saying this helped them access currently favourable market conditions with the recent $240 million Atlas Capital DAC (Series 2025-1).SCOR returned to the catastrophe bond market in March with its latest Atlas … Read more
Sutton National Group has sponsored its first collateralized reinsurance sidecar issuance, a $70 million Greenshoots Re Ltd., which alongside its recent debut $100 million Greengrove Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) catastrophe bond now provide core catastrophe cover for business written by Bamboo Ide8 Insurance Services, LLC.Sutton National announced today the successful renewal of Bamboo’s reinsurance program. … Read more
Global reinsurance company SCOR has now secured the 20% upsized target for $240 million in fully-collateralized retrocession from its new Atlas Capital DAC (Series 2025-1) catastrophe bond, with the notes now priced 6.5% below the mid-point of initial spread guidance, Artemis has learned.SCOR returned to the cat bond market in March, with an initial target … Read more
The Brookmont Catastrophic Bond ETF (ILS), saw 150,750 shares traded in its first day listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), resulting in $3.03 million of trading volume in dollar terms, which is well above the median for all exchange traded funds.The Brookmont Catastrophic Bond ETF launched on the NYSE yesterday, April 1st, becoming … Read more