Cyber Cat Bonds/Cyber Catastrophe Bonds

Beazley Rejects Zurich’s $10B Bid for Leader in Cyber Cat Bonds, ILS and Specialty Insurance Businesses

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Beazley plc’s board has unanimously rejected a £7.67 billion ($10.3 billion) takeover proposal from the Zurich Insurance Group. The offer, announced on January 19, 2026 for 1,280 pence per Beazley share, is lower than a bid from Zurich last year, but still reflects a substantial premium on Beazley’s public valuation. That was not enough to … Read more

Move Over Wind & Earthquakes, Here Come Cyber Cat Bonds

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Wind (including hurricanes) and earthquakes have long been the “peak perils” that keep insurance executives up at night and dominate the $54 billion market for cat (catastrophe) bonds to backstop insurance and resinsurance companies. But now cyber cat bonds are moving up in demand, in part because cyber risk is (in general) uncorrelated with natural … Read more

Beazley Doubles Down on Cyber Cat Bonds/ILS for Cyber Insurance

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“We’ve come a long way in our journey from the first ever cyber cat bonds, which were private, we’ve now got three 144A cat (catastrophe) bonds out there covering the cyber risks,” said Richard Gray, Head of Third-Party Capital at Beazley in this report from Artemis, a provider of information on insurance catastrophe bonds and … Read more

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