Better of Artemis, week ending February sixteenth 2025 – Artemis.bm

Listed here are the ten hottest information articles, week ending February sixteenth 2025, masking disaster bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and associated danger switch subjects. To make sure you by no means miss a factor subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates or get our email alerts for each article we publish.

Ten most learn articles on Artemis.bm, week ending February sixteenth 2025:

1. Resurgent investor interest in ILS and an expanding opportunity set: ILS NYC 2025
   On Friday February seventh, round 415 attendees loved a day of partaking, inspirational talks and helpful networking at our Artemis ILS NYC 2025 convention, listening to from our professional audio system that investor curiosity in disaster bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS) is resurgent, whereas the ILS funding alternative set is increasing.
2. Mereo gets $700m+ balance-sheet rated, deploys $250m ILS fund capacity at 1/1
   Mereo Insurance coverage finalised a $700m+ capital increase for its fairness balance-sheet, gaining an ‘A-‘ score from AM Greatest, whereas the corporate additionally deployed round $250m in capability from its insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund on the January reinsurance renewals.
3. Twelve Securis merger completes, creating one of the largest ILS managers with $8.5bn
   Twelve Securis has been established with $8.5 billion of property below administration (AUM) making the newly branded and mixed ILS supervisor one of many largest within the sector, after the merger of Twelve Capital and Securis Funding Companions has now accomplished.
4. Catastrophe bond market already on-track for record Q1 issuance in 2025
   The disaster bond market is already on-track for report first-quarter issuance in 2025, with virtually $2.44 billion of recent cat bonds settled thus far this yr and $1.93 billion of offers available in the market pipeline which can be scheduled to settle by finish of March, in keeping with Artemis’ in depth knowledge on the sector.
5. Potential $200bn catastrophe loss year in 2025 could recalibrate entire industry: Zaffino, AIG
   With the current California wildfires seen as more likely to drive the second costliest first-quarter on report for the worldwide insurance coverage and reinsurance trade, AIG CEO Peter Zaffino has warned {that a} $200 billion annual disaster loss yr in 2025 might “recalibrate all the trade.”
6. NFIP hurricane Helene loss estimate range stretched higher to top-end of $7.4bn
   The U.S. Federal Emergency Administration Company’s (FEMA) has up to date its estimate for Nationwide Flood Insurance coverage Program (NFIP) losses from hurricane Helene, stretching the top-end of the vary to now as a lot as $7.4 billion.
7. Flood Re targets debut £100m Vision 2039 UK flood catastrophe bond
   Flood Re, the state-backed flood reinsurance pool in the UK, has entered the disaster bond market in the hunt for £100 million in fully-collateralized UK flood retrocessional reinsurance, with a London Bridge 2 PCC Restricted (Imaginative and prescient 2039 – 2025-1) transaction.
8. Mercury pegs wildfire losses at $1.6bn to $2bn, says parametric reinsurance won’t respond
   Mercury, an insurer with a significant publicity to claims from the Los Angeles, California wildfires, stated it estimates gross losses of $1.6 billion to $2 billion, however whereas vital reinsurance recoveries shall be made the corporate famous {that a} parametric reinsurance association is just not anticipated to pay out.
9. Cat bond outlook positive, despite distortion seen in index deals: Man Group
   Funding supervisor Man Group’s outlook for the disaster bond and associated insurance-linked securities (ILS) market stays optimistic because the trade begins 2025, regardless of there being some distortion seen in trade index offers following robust investor curiosity.
10. AIG improves aggregate cover, expects fee income from new sidecar syndicate: CEO Zaffino
    On the January 2025 reinsurance renewals, AIG improved the phrases of its combination disaster reinsurance safety, reducing the deductible in North America, CEO Peter Zaffino has stated, whereas he additionally defined that the current third-party capitalised syndicate launch is anticipated to drive payment revenue for the corporate.

This isn’t each article revealed on Artemis over the past week, simply the most well-liked amongst our readers over the past seven days. There were 37 new articles published in the last week.

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