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Ark sidecar Outrigger Re posts 9M combined ratio of 63%

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Pre-tax income at the vehicle was $30mn in the first nine months of 2025.
Jai Singh, 06 November 2025
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    Vantage promotes Loucks to MD of Partnership Capital & ILS
    The vehicle will now cover an E&S program jointly launched with Accredited.
    04 November 2025
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    Gallagher Securities hires Cassis as senior ILS structurer
    Cassis joins from Swiss Re, where she was a senior ILS structurer since February 2022.
    05 November 2025
  • ILS managers
    Scor Investment Partners surpasses $5bn in ILS AuM
    06 November 2025
  • Claims and losses
    KCC pegs privately insured Melissa losses at $2.4bn
    06 November 2025
  • Catastrophe bonds
    CEA targets $600mn of quake protection with third issuance in 2025
    06 November 2025
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    Hiscox Re & ILS AuM falls to $1.3bn as of 30 September
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    Cat bond market yield hit 8.81% in October: Plenum
    03 November 2025
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    As the fundraising outlook brightens, managers’ focus is turning to how they will navigate rate reductions
    Liz Bury
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    Capital-light, fee-based income was a pull factor in Sompo’s Aspen acquisition
    Liz Bury
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    The reinsurer’s ambitions are unsurprising and yet still unsettling for the ILS market
    Fiona Robertson
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Catastrophe bonds

Cat bond spreads tighten on diversifying Hexagon amid slow Q4 start

Covea’s Hexagon IV Re deal priced 13% below the initial target on a weighted average basis.
Jai Singh, 03 November 2025
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  • Vantage promotes Loucks to MD of Partnership Capital & ILS

  • Gallagher Securities hires Cassis as senior ILS structurer

  • Cat bond market yield hit 8.81% in October: Plenum

  • Cat bond spreads tighten on diversifying Hexagon amid slow Q4 start

  • Melissa insured losses to land between $2.2bn and $4.2bn: Verisk

  • Jamaica to receive record $70.8mn payout from CCRIF

Analysis
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Fundraising outlook: New ILS investors still favouring cat bonds
Some experienced investors are pivoting out of cat bonds and into the top layers of private ILS deals.
Jai Singh, 03 November 2025
Catastrophe bonds
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One William St takes new cat bond sponsors to 12 for 2025
So far this year, there have been 11 first-time sponsors to place a deal.
Jai Singh, 27 October 2025
Catastrophe bonds
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Cat bond spreads face pressure as market deals with abundant capital
Spreads on USAA’s latest deal priced below comparative issuances in 2023-2024.
Jai Singh, 20 October 2025
Catastrophe bonds
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Four major conversation points for the ILS market at Convergence 2025
Key topics include private ILS growth prospects and the longevity of longtail interest.
Jai Singh, 13 October 2025
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