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…
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3IF Ventures Closes $12m First Round to Back Africa’s Inclusive Insurance Infrastructure Layer
3IF Ventures closes $12m first round — anchored by FSD Africa ($6m), Swiss Re Foundation ($5m) and Zep Re — to fund embedded insurance…
MS Amlin: Earthquake Cat Models Blind to the Supershear Ruptures Behind Two-Thirds of Major Losses
MS Amlin finds supershear earthquake ruptures — present in 36% of major events since 2010, driving 66% of insured losses — are absent from…
$670 Billion in US Data Centres Faces Unmodeled Storm Risk as Insurer Capacity Lags Build-Out
51% of planned US data centres—$670 billion—sit in high severe-convective-storm-risk states as hyperscalers move into Texas, Tennessee, and Ohio; S&P estimates $10B in new…
RenaissanceRe’s Third-Party Capital Hits $8.46B as $94M Q1 Fee Income Confirms the Reinsurer’s Asset-Manager Transformation
RenRe's Capital Partners platform hits $8.46B AUM at Q1 2026 — up 7% YoY despite $930M returned to investors — as $94M in fee…
CEA’s $425M Sutter Re 2026-1 Cat Bond Prices at Record-Low Spreads, Marking a Structural Shift in California Earthquake Finance
California Earthquake Authority prices $425M Sutter Re 2026-1 at record-low spreads — its 24th cat bond — as ILS capital reaches a record 36%…
Nigeria’s NAICOM Issues First Insurtech Licence, Opening Africa’s Largest Insurance Market to Digital Operators
Nigeria's NAICOM grants first insurtech licence, confirming NIIRA 2025 operational and opening Africa's largest market at 0.5% GDP penetration to digital operators.
Palomar Expands Earthquake Reinsurance Tower to $3.92B at June 2026 Renewal
Palomar Holdings expanded its earthquake reinsurance limit by $421M to $3.92 billion at the June 2026 renewal, with 31% backed by ILS cat bonds,…
Convex Gets Lloyd’s Approval for Syndicate 1987, Targeting Long-Tail Lines
Convex Group's Lloyd's in-principle approval for Syndicate 1987 on May 28 targets casualty, political risk, and trade credit for a July 1 launch —…
TSR Revises 2026 Hurricane Forecast Down 50%, Triggering Mid-Year Cat Rate Cuts
TSR's May 28 revision to 11 named storms and ACE index 55 — 40% below climatology — is compressing mid-year 2026 cat reinsurance pricing…