Alternative reinsurance capital

As alternative capital continues to integrate further into the global reinsurance market, in order for this to be truly sustainable the sector must prioritise better modeling, greater transparency and careful sequencing of product development so that capital can be deployed where it strengthens resilience, according to Laurent Rousseau of Guy Carpenter.

Today is the 27th anniversary of the official launch of Artemis, so as usual for our celebratory official-birthday article (which is on the date for once) we wanted to highlight that since beginning to track catastrophe bond and insurance-linked security (ILS) issuance activity we’ve analysed and included nearly $220 billion of transaction volume in our […]

W. R. Berkley Corporation, the US-headquartered insurance holding company, once again reported higher premiums being ceded to its Lifson Re collateralized reinsurance sidecar for Q1 2026, while the company also recognised more fee income being earned from the structure.

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NormanMax Insurance Holdings, the US headquartered parametric insurer and reinsurer, has appointed industry veteran Nick Burkinshaw as Chairman of the NormanMax Syndicate 3939 Advisory Board, supporting the firm’s pure parametric global syndicate in the Lloyd’s marketplace.

Two of the Lloyd’s syndicates operated by specialist ILS investment manager Nephila Capital are set to provide capacity support to a new property treaty consortium launched by MS Amlin, with data centre risk underwriting said to be a key focus for the new venture.

Hiscox Capital Partners, the division of Hiscox Re that encompasses insurance-linked securities (ILS) investments and quota-share partnerships, has experienced significant investor inflows and grown its overall ILS assets under management (AUM) to $2.4 billion at April 1st, with its catastrophe bond fund the main beneficiary.

AkinovA, the technology-led re/insurance platform focused on expanding access to underwriting capital for large corporate risks, including via capital markets participation, has appointed Matthew Gilpin as Group Chief Operating Officer (COO).

The amount of non-life alternative reinsurance capital from catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS) grew by a “historic” amount in 2025, with the latest data from Gallagher Re indicating significant inflows and non-life ILS capital rose $21 billion to $135 billion in the year.

We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, Artemis London 2026. We return to London on September 1st, for another full-day of in-depth discussion and debate about the ILS market, as well as valuable networking. Register to attend here.