IRB Brasil Closes 43-Year UK Run-Off via Part VII Transfer to Carrick Group
IRB Brasil closes UK run-off with a Part VII transfer sanctioned 16 June 2026, ending a London casualty book in run-off since 1983 —…
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ILS Market Hits Record $136bn as Swiss Re Formalizes Alternative Capital Unit
Insurance-linked securities hit a record $136bn in alternative capital at the April 2026 renewal. Swiss Re, which has structured over $50bn in cat bonds…
Mexico Deploys Sensor-Based Parametric Earthquake & Volcanic Cover with Liberty Mutual Re
Mexico parametric earthquake insurance: Liberty Mutual Re and Safehub deploy MXN 5bn sensor-based cover with PSA polygon triggers and dual volcanic mechanism inside Mexico's…
Everest Launches $600M Annapurna Re Casualty Sidecar Anchored by Stone Point
Everest's $600M Annapurna Re casualty sidecar, anchored by Stone Point and backed by Mubadala, extends the Mt. Logan model into long-tail reinsurance.
OECD Cuts 2026 Outlook: What the Middle East Shock Means for Insurers
OECD 2026 economic outlook bifurcates global GDP at 2.8% vs 2.1%. We translate the OECD's Middle East scenarios into an insurer stress test: reserve…
New Zealand’s NHC Renews NZ$12.3B Record Reinsurance Tower at +20%
NHC reinsurance tower 2026 reaches a record NZ$12.3B — a 20% increase secured at cost-effective terms, with ILS capital embedded and a NZ$1.4B taxpayer…
HCI Group Brings $12M in Tokenized Reinsurance to Solana via SurancePlus
Tokenized reinsurance reaches the live market: SurancePlus issues three Solana-native HCI Re 2026 securities with a $5,000 minimum, targeting up to $12M in capital…
Saudi Re Anchors GIFT City Hub With Former Swiss Re VP as India’s Reinsurance Race Heats Up
Saudi Re appoints ex-Swiss Re VP Ruchi Jain as Principal Officer of its GIFT City IIO. GIFT City reinsurance GWP surged to USD 608M…
ICEYE’s €1bn+ Series F Bets on Satellite Data to Close the Global Nat-Cat Protection Gap
ICEYE closes €450M primary Series F led by General Atlantic at €10bn+ valuation, funding scale to 100 SAR satellites/year by 2028 to close nat-cat…
Chilean Pension Funds Allocate $79M to Catastrophe Bonds as LATAM’s ILS Market Deepens
Chilean AFPs have allocated $79M to catastrophe bonds — the first ILS investment by LATAM pension capital — flipping Chile from sovereign protection-buyer to…