ILS Annual Report 2024
Insurers and organizations are increasingly diversifying sources of (re)insurance capacity.
Key Findings
Key Findings
- Driven by record cat bond issuance and growth of sidecars, alternative reinsurance capital grew to a record $110 billion
- Quarterly issuance records in three of the past four quarters resulted in nearly 18% growth of outstanding catastrophe bond volume, which reached $45.6 billion as of June 30, 2024
- New issuance came from all corners of the market, with primary insurers seeing the greatest opportunity relative to traditional reinsurance: 36 primary insurers brought deals to market over the past twelve months
- Increased market diversity across risk types and geography, including the introduction of 144A cyber cat bonds, a new frontier in alternative risk transfer