The California FAIR Plan Association has raised the target size of its second catastrophe bond sponsorship again, with now $400 million of capital markets backed wildfire reinsurance…
Adam Schwebach of reinsurance broker Gallagher Re is expecting more new cedents to enter the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market in 2026, describing it as a product that…
The Payrolls Employment Report in the United States released earlier this week was stronger than expected (although there were downward revisions of 2024-2025 levels). There were some…
A majority of U.S. treasury rates decreased this week. The 30-year treasury rate had a decrease of 0.02%. The 10-year treasury rate had a decrease of 0.04%…
Analysts from Autonomous suggest that while reinsurance terms and conditions are set to face increasing pressure as 2026 progresses, any slippage seen in 2025 does not yet…
White Mountains has reported that its investment into the Outrigger Re collateralized reinsurance sidecar, which supports its P&C insurance and reinsurance subsidiary Ark, delivered pre-tax income of…
I ran across this article by David Beckworth that discusses the issues with the reduction of the Fed’s balance sheet (called “Quantitative Tightening” or QT). The issue…
Long-term U.S. treasury rates increased this week. The 30-year treasury rate had an increase of 0.05%. The 10-year treasury rate had an increase of 0.02% and is…