189: Catastrophe bond & ILS market news, week ending July 27th 2025

Listen to this podcast episode for a handy recap of top catastrophe bond, insurance-linked securities and alternative reinsurance capital news, from the week-ending July 27th 2025.

Listen to a recap of our 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: the expansion of the catastrophe bond sponsor base and the fact more cat bond sponsors are returning to layer on more deals; commentary from RenaissanceRe's CEO that investors are disciplined and return-focused; news of new ILS investments being made from Eaton Vance's mutual fund line-up; the continued expansion of the UCITS catastrophe bond fund sector; Munich Re signalling that loss activity was lower in Q2 and what that means for results; plus more on RenRe's results and growing ILS fee income haul.