191: Catastrophe bond & ILS market news, week ending August 10th 2025

Listen to this podcast episode for a recap of top catastrophe bond, insurance-linked securities and alternative reinsurance capital news, from the week-ending August 10th 2025. Listen to a recap of Artemis' most read catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) news of the last week. We hope this summary provides an easy way to listen to a recap of some of last week's top stories. This week we covered: Munich Re's CEO commenting on price pressure from ILS being non-existent; Progressive adding parametric aggregate convective storm reinsurance; the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) discusses early redemptions for cat bonds as its funding needs change; Blackstone backs an F&G life sidecar with $1bn; Fermat Capital Management closes the long-standing GAM FCM Cat Bond Fund and replaces it with its own-brand offshore cat bond strategy; Berenberg analysts say reinsurance attachments are worth a 20-30% pricing benefit; Swiss Re highlights the significant catastrophe loss burden from the first-half; cat bond returns boosted by the return of seasonality in July; and more.

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