Insurance Linked Investments

With global warming said likely to drive a rise in the frequency and severity of natural disasters and certain extreme weather events, the re/insurance industry faces a shifting landscape. However, a recent analysis by Solidum Partners AG suggests that the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is uniquely positioned as a key capital source to support re/insurers.

Oxbridge Re Holdings Ltd., the Cayman Islands based reinsurance company, has confirmed its two tranche offering of tokenized reinsurance securities that will fund its collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle Oxbridge Re NS for the 2026/2027 reinsurance contract year, with 20% and 42% return targets.

As the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities market looks to build on its recent strong performance and capitalise on opportunities that are being presented, the need for the sector to do so in a sustainable way came into focus at our ILS NYC 2026 conference held in New York last Friday.

The continued scaling of alternative, or third‑party reinsurance capital further augmented property catastrophe capacity and increased competitive pressure at the January 2026 renewals, according to S&P Global Ratings, who projects that alternative capital will continue to reach new highs as it complements traditional reinsurance capital.

Catastrophe bond fund strategies in the UCITS format have started 2026 positively, delivering an average return of 0.53% for January, according to the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices.

The global market for insurance-linked securities (ILS) is entering a new phase of stability. Following the key January 1, 2026 reinsurance renewal season, Aditya Dutt, President of Aeolus Capital Management, suggests that the sector has transitioned from a period of high volatility into a more disciplined, self-regulating era.

Malta has streamlined the accounting requirements for Reinsurance Special Purpose Vehicles (RSPVs), a move expected to significantly bolster the country’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) market. According to Malta-based law firm Ganado Advocates, these changes offer a more proportionate regulatory environment for complex risk vehicles.

The Icosa Cat Bond Fund, the UCITS catastrophe bond strategy distributed by Icosa Investments AG, has experienced strong growth in assets through the second-half of 2025 which continued into the new year, now reaching a new milestone of US $1 billion in assets under management (AUM).

For global insurance and reinsurance group Everest, the Mt. Logan Re third-party capital vehicle is starting off the year strong, with its assets under management surpassing $2.5 billion as of January 1, 2026, and according to Everest’s President and CEO, Jim Williamson, the vehicle is expected to take on a more prominent role in the […]

The London insurance and reinsurance market need to build on the success seen with the Lloyd’s insurance-linked securities structure London Bridge 2 PCC, as ILS remains a real opportunity to support market growth despite the UK ILS regime having stalled, Chris Lay, Chair of the London Market Group (LMG) trade body has said.