190: Catastrophe bond & ILS market news, week ending August 3rd 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 August 3rd 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: Nephila Capital's catastrophe premium growth; new hires in the industry; Aon's CEO commenting that his firm is unlocking new capacity for clients with parametrics and ILS; SageSure's CEO on his firms first reinsurance sidecar deal Seawall Re; Ascot on its debut casualty sidecar Wayfare Re; Swiss Re Capital Markets on catastrophe bond market momentum; Allstate buying a new homeowners aggregate reinsurance arrangement; The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power returning for its third wildfire catastrophe bond; Japan Post Insurance making a significant investment alongside Global Atlantic; and more.