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Investing in a climate crisis: Are cat bonds a win for your portfolio?
28 Nov 2025 09:29 GMT
… perspective of insurers and reinsurers, cat bonds provide access to an alternative … — an uncommon but real scenario — catastrophe bonds offer some protection. “They also … that the complex conditions surrounding cat bonds make the product unsuitable for …
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MAPFRE RE secures €125m cat bond targeting European wind risk
26 Nov 2025 10:29 GMT
MAPFRE RE has returned to the catastrophe bond market by sponsoring a new €125 million, three-year issuance specifically designed to protect its European risk portfolio against extreme wind events, which constitute the firm’s main catastrophic exposure in …
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Bajpai & Tiwari: Catastrophe bonds could lighten the government’s burden of disaster relief and rehabilitation
24 Nov 2025 10:56 GMT
… creating a market for catastrophe bonds (or cat bonds) to spread risks … disaster recovery efforts.
Cat bonds issued by insurance and … has issued multi-country cat bonds for 16 Caribbean countries … security would apply, cat bonds demand a specific framework …
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COP30’s Melissa Moment: Why Jamaica’s US$6.5 billion funding gap should terrify every Caribbean nation
01 Dec 2025 03:57 GMT
… the promise and limitations of catastrophe bonds and parametric insurance. The … rainfall. Jamaica’s catastrophe bond, the first sovereign cat bond independently issued by a … inadequate by design. The catastrophe bond is clever but climate justice …
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Institutional investors in APAC take cautious steps toward cat bonds
11 Nov 2025 13:37 GMT
Asian institutional investors are turning to insurance-linked securities (ILS), particularly catastrophe bonds, as they search for yield and uncorrelated returns against a backdrop of tightening credit spreads and muted equity risk premiums.¬ Haymarket …
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From risk to resilience: Why Jamaica’s catastrophe bond was a good move
09 Nov 2025 19:58 GMT
… bold fiscal innovation, the catastrophe bond (or CAT bond), a mechanism that has … of the bond
“A catastrophe bond is a type of debt … state globally to access catastrophe bond financing on its own … has made the global catastrophe bond market surge to over …
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Jamaica Catastrophe Bond Headed for Full Payout After Hurricane, World Bank Says
07 Nov 2025 17:24 GMT
… underscores the role of catastrophe bonds in effective risk management … and parametric insurance. Its cat bond sits at the top … Was Worsened by Climate Change
Cat bonds allow issuers — often insurers … any coverage from its cat bond last year when Hurricane …
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Hurricane Melissa triggers $150mn World Bank cat bond for Jamaica
07 Nov 2025 16:20 GMT
… conditions for a full redemption.
Catastrophe bonds transfer financial risks from natural … payout underscores the role of catastrophe bonds in effective risk management strategies … the IBRD CAR Jamaica 2024 cat bond and other transactions, please visit …
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World Bank confirms US$150 million catastrophe bond payout to Jamaica
07 Nov 2025 14:56 GMT
… payout. The World Bank catastrophe bond provides Jamaica with rapid access … payout underscores the role of catastrophe bonds in effective risk management … risks to capital markets.”
Catastrophe bonds—often called cat bonds—allow countries to transfer …
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Jamaica Catastrophe Bond Has Now Triggered, Government Says
03 Nov 2025 07:09 GMT
Jamaica’s catastrophe bond has now triggered as a … Friday.
Jamaica’s $150 million cat bond, which was arranged by the …
The structure of Jamaica’s cat bond combined with the intensity of … credits and parametric insurance. Its cat bond sits at the top of …