Catastrophe bond market capital

RecordSTO-01M2KJ7XC8-QWZRT4Z8E3-V71M3Q

50 billionUSD
estimate

Global · as of 29 Apr 2025

Catastrophe bond market capital was 50 billion USD as of 29 April 2025 (Swiss Re).

Original source

Catastrophe bond market capital: every country and year, and how it is measured

Publisher
Swiss Re
Authority tier
T3 Research
Locator
Figure 4: Global natural catastrophe insured losses, the trend and modelled 1-in-10 year (USD bn, 2024 prices)
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Alternative capital, including an estimated USD 50 billion from the cat bond market, contributes additional capacity to help cover a loss of this magnitude.

Checked: the figure 50 billion USDis stated in this passage. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.

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APA

Swiss Re Institute. (2025). sigma 1/2025: Natural catastrophes: insured losses on trend to USD 145 billion in 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2025-01-natural-catastrophes-trend.html. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M3Q

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MLA
Swiss Re Institute. "sigma 1/2025: Natural catastrophes: insured losses on trend to USD 145 billion in 2025." 2025, https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2025-01-natural-catastrophes-trend.html. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M3Q.
Chicago
Swiss Re Institute. "sigma 1/2025: Natural catastrophes: insured losses on trend to USD 145 billion in 2025." 2025. https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2025-01-natural-catastrophes-trend.html. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M3Q.
BibTeX
@misc{swissre2025catastrophev71m3q, author = {{Swiss Re Institute}}, title = {sigma 1/2025: Natural catastrophes: insured losses on trend to USD 145 billion in 2025}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M3Q}, note = {Original source: https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2025-01-natural-catastrophes-trend.html. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Record: STO-01M2KJ7XC8-QWZRT4Z8E3-V71M3Q T3 Research

Primary source

Publisher
Swiss Re Institute · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 3 · Research and companies
Report
sigma 1/2025: Natural catastrophes: insured losses on trend to USD 145 billion in 2025
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
Figure 4: Global natural catastrophe insured losses, the trend and modelled 1-in-10 year (USD bn, 2024 prices)
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Permanent URL
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