This chart shows catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) risk capital issued and outstanding by year from the Artemis Catastrophe Bond & Insurance-Linked Securities Deal Directory.

The increase in costly climate-related disasters has fueled the growth of so-called catastrophe bonds in the past few years. These are bonds issued by insurance and reinsurance companies — and s ...

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A growing number of investors appear willing to take on the risk of climate disasters as the catastrophe bond market ... their losses as the climate crisis makes weather events more extreme ...

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leaving behind a trail of unprecedented destruction and a deepening humanitarian catastrophe that continues to devastate the lives of millions. The war continues to inflict catastrophic damage on Gaza ...

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