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- Cat bonds & reinsurance
Conflagration modeling can add 40 points to wildfire risk scores
Cotality's 2026 report puts U.S. wildfire exposure at $1.4 trillion and finds the biggest blind spot in neighborhoods legacy maps call low risk.
- Insurance Credit
Borrowers keep pricing power while sponsors wait out the valuation gap
Insurance AUM Journal's mid-year credit survey finds borrowers with pricing power, sponsors waiting for valuations to move, and AI sharpening underwriting.
- The Wrap
Talanx's Iran reserve tops storm toll in record half
A €200 million provision for the Iran conflict outweighs named storms in Talanx's record first half, and the insurer still raised its full-year target.
- Insurer portfolios
Fidelis Partnership cuts debt spread 225 bps in $2.04B Term Loan B
The MGA replaces its private-credit unitranche with a cheaper public loan, saving roughly $46 million a year to fund Lloyd's and Pine Walk growth.
- Cat bonds & reinsurance
Aon's Sidecar X puts $200 million behind transactional risk
A pre-committed facility with a 10 percent discount moves the sidecar label from collateralized reinsurance into M&A cover.
- The Wrap
Mangrove builds cover for the third storm. Belize buys speed.
A $111 million debut cat bond and a Bermuda sidecar give a Florida carrier cover for third and fourth hurricane events. The IDB and Swiss Re give Belize a $20 million swap that pays when a storm crosses a trigger.