Aon: record cat bond quarter bolstered by large renewals

New cat bond issuances in Q2 were higher than any other quarter
on record, as a number of $500mn+ deals boosted volumes, Aon
Securities said in its latest ILS quarterly report.
The broker-dealer placed the total quarterly volumes at $6.38bn
- $1.89bn more than the prior record quarter set in Q2 2014.
Combined with the $2.17bn of limit placed in Q1 2017, this gave
a total of $8.55bn for the year to date - a figure that has already
broken...