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
AXA Group reported that gross written premiums grew by 12% for its AXA XL Reinsurance division during the first-quarter of the year, but the firm’s CFO Alban de Mailly Nesle explained that the majority of that was ceded to insurance-linked securities (ILS) strategies.Within the AXA XL Reinsurance division gross premiums underwritten increased by 12% to … Read more
The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is continuing to evolve beyond traditional catastrophe bonds, with growing issuance in cyber and parametric segments, reflecting efforts to close protection gaps and provide alternative risk transfer solutions, according to a new report from AM Best.While indemnity-based catastrophe bonds still heavily dominate the market, AM Best highlights the rising use … Read more
At Artemis’ ILS NYC 2025 conference, which took place in February, a panel of leading industry voices examined how the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is responding to a higher-risk world, while maintaining performance and attracting institutional capital.The panel discussion was moderated by Lorenzo Volpi, Deputy CEO and Managing Partner, Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP. He was … Read more
As the cyber insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continues to expand, analysts at S&P Global Ratings have identified key factors influencing cyber ILS credit quality, including regulatory risks, policy terms, cedent risk, asset collateral, and modelling challenges.In a new report released by S&P, analysts project that, depending on continued market growth, cyber ILS issuances could surpass … Read more