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Parametric cat bond triggers may face NOAA disaster database wind-down uncertainty: AM Best – Go Health Pro

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Parametric cat bond triggers may face NOAA disaster database wind-down uncertainty: AM Best – Go Health Pro

The decommissioning of NOAA’s billion-dollar weather disaster database could force a rethink of parametric triggers used in catastrophe bonds and hamper insurers’ ability to model and price secondary perils, according to global ratings agency AM Best.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently announced  that its billion-dollar weather and climate disasters database, which tracks U.S. … Read more

26 years of Artemis, over $192bn of cat bonds and ILS tracked in our Deal Directory – Go Health Pro

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26 years of Artemis, over 2bn of cat bonds and ILS tracked in our Deal Directory – Go Health Pro

Artemis turned 26 years old this month and we wanted to highlight that we’ve now tracked over $192 billion in catastrophe bonds and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) within our extensive Deal Directory, alongside the hundreds of billions in assets we’ve tracked flowing into other insurance and reinsurance linked opportunities over the years.On the 12th of … Read more

Kingstone secures debut 1886 Re cat bond 25% upsized at $125m – Go Health Pro

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Kingstone secures debut 1886 Re cat bond 25% upsized at 5m – Go Health Pro

Kingstone Companies, the New York and northeast US focused insurer, has now successfully priced its 1886 Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) debut catastrophe bond to provide a 25% upsized $125 million of named storm reinsurance protection, with the spread finalised in the lower-half of guidance, Artemis has learned.Kingstone Companies made its debut in the cat bond … Read more

Insured nat cat losses on trend to hit $145bn in 2025, says Swiss Re – Go Health Pro

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Insured nat cat losses on trend to hit 5bn in 2025, says Swiss Re – Go Health Pro

Global insured losses from natural catastrophes are on trend to hit USD 145 billion in 2025, continuing a steady 5%–7% annual growth trend seen in recent years, according to reinsurance giant Swiss Re.In their latest sigma report, Swiss Re noted that insured losses totaled USD 137 billion in 2024, with the increase largely driven by … Read more

UCITS cat bond funds positive for April, but flat at first pricing in May – Go Health Pro

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UCITS cat bond funds positive for April, but flat at first pricing in May – Go Health Pro

We’ve published this article as an earlier piece on UCITS catastrophe bond fund performance was incorrect, there was an error in the data we received. Based on new data, the average return of UCITS cat bond funds tracked by the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices was flat at the first pricing in May, but … Read more