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Cat bonds reach record $10.7bn issuance in 2017
31 January 2018
Reporter Jenna Lomax

Aon’s ILS year-end 2017 update report revealed that during a historic 2017, 35 cat bonds were issued by 31 different sponsors

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2017 to be costliest on record for weather disasters, says Aon
25 January 2018
Reporter Ned Holmes

Weather disasters last year caused $344 billion in global economic losses, making it the costliest year on record for weather-related events, according to Aon’s catastrophe report

ILS figures continue to reach new record highs
08 September 2017
Reporter Becky Butcher

A record $11.3 billion of catastrophe bonds were issued across 32 transactions over 12 months from June last year, surpassing the previous record issuance by 20 percent, Aon Securities has revealed

Severe US weather outbreaks cause £3bn in losses
13 July 2017
Reporter Becky Butcher

Worldwide economic and insured losses during June were largely driven by several major severe weather outbreaks in the US, according to Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting

Illinois Senate passes captive bill
23 May 2017
Reporter Becky Butcher

The 2014 tax increase on captives in Illinois is one step closer to being repealed after legislation was passed by the state’s Senate in a unanimous vote on 15 May

Illinois to rewrite captive law
27 February 2017
Reporter Becky Butcher

The Illinois Department of Insurance has been working with businesses in the state to rewrite the captive insurance article of the Illinois Insurance Code

January weather hits US with $1bn in losses
09 February 2017
Reporter Becky Butcher

US January weather economic losses for insurers exceeded $1 billion, after the country recorded the highest amount of tornados in January in the last 17 years, according to Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting

Global natural catastrophe events hit $210bn in 2016
20 Janaury 2017
Reporter Becky Butcher

During 2016, 315 natural catastrophe events occurred, generating $210 billion of global economic losses, according to Aon’s catastrophe report...

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