ILS rates to firm up in line with traditional reinsurance hardening

Posted On: Mar. 5, 2021 9:38 AM CST

Reinsurer Swiss Re Co. Ltd. predicts that insurance-linked securities such as catastrophe bonds will be re-priced in line with the traditional reinsurance rate hardening, Artemis reported. Catastrophe bond market is expected to benefit from investors’ increasing inclination towards well-documented, relatively transparent and named peril coverage of catastrophe bonds over the less transparent collateralized reinsurance.