Alternative Investments
Reinsurance Sidecars: The Other Insurance-Linked Bet, and Why It's Not a Cat Bond
Reinsurance Sidecars: The Other Insurance-Linked Bet, and Why It's Not a Cat Bond A reinsurance sidecar is a temporary, fully collateralized partnership where you take a proportional slice of one rei
Jeff Barnes, MBA··9 min read
Alternative Investments
Catastrophe Bonds Explained: How Cat Bonds and ILS Actually Work in 2026
TL;DR: Catastrophe bonds let insurers offload hurricane and earthquake risk to investors like you, in exchange for coupon yields that have averaged roughly 7.4% a year since 2002 and returned double digits three years...
Jeff Barnes, MBA··11 min read