Listen to this podcast episode for a handy recap of our most read catastrophe bond, insurance-linked securities and alternative reinsurance capital news, from the week-ending July 20th 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: an exclusive interview with Nephila Capital leaders discussing the business now six year's after the acquisition by Markel Group; the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association may buy less reinsurance and cat bonds next year; the cat bond market sees a $23bn 12-month run of issuance; Arch Capital Group Ltd.'s Claveau Re cat bond faces total loss; the UK Government launches new ILS consultation; Aon estimates H1 2025 global insured catastrophe losses at over $100bn; Augment Risk's Jag Jass discusses the need for casualty ILS to consider built-in legacy exit strategies; who can you meet at our upcoming Artemis London conference; MLC Asset Management's Gareth Abley and Jehan Sukhla on ILS as essential social infrastructure; and HSBC Bank USA hires Michael Commisso to enhance cat bond and ILS trust capabilities.