Blue Capital Management

Loss creep from prior year events has struck the in run-off listed insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment fund strategy, managed by ILS and collateralized reinsurance specialist fund manager Blue Capital Management.

Demonstrating the recovery that is underway in insurance-linked securities (ILS) market returns, as the loss creep from prior year events begins to tail off, the listed Blue Capital Alternative Income Fund has delivered a 3.6% year-to-date return, 2.9% just in Q2.

The liquidation and running off of the stock exchange listed Blue Capital Alternative Income Fund insurance and reinsurance linked investment strategy is set to continue into 2020, demonstrating the long process of unwinding collateralised reinsurance contract investments.

Shareholders have voted to approve the liquidation and running off of the London exchange listed Blue Capital Alternative Income Fund insurance and reinsurance linked investment strategy, at a special general meeting held today.

The London exchange listed Blue Capital Alternative Income Fund insurance and reinsurance linked investment strategy has stopped making any new investments pending a vote to decide whether it should be put into run-off or not.

The London-listed Blue Capital Alternative Income Fund, the stock exchange listed insurance and reinsurance linked investment strategy run by Blue Capital Management, a division of global re/insurer Sompo International, delivered an impressive 0.61% return in April 2018, a clear demonstration of post-event ILS return potential.

The Board of the London-listed insurance and reinsurance linked investment strategy, the Blue Capital Alternative Income Fund, is set to make a recommendation that the fund is put into an orderly run-off, after shareholders representing 39% of the ILS fund voted not to continue the company.

Stock exchange listed ILS and collateralized reinsurance investment strategy the Blue Capital Alternative Income Fund, suffered a -2.62% loss in March 2018, as hurricane Irma loss estimates were increased by counterparties, a factor that has negatively affected a number of ILS funds for the month.

Insurance-linked securities (ILS) and collateralized reinsurance investment fund manager Blue Capital Management, a subsidiary of Sompo International Holdings Ltd., may seek to raise more funds as it looks to grow its London-listed strategy, the Blue Capital Alternative Income Fund.

The two stock exchange listed ILS and collateralized reinsurance investment strategies run by Blue Capital Management, a subsidiary of Sompo International Holdings Ltd., are targeting improved returns for 2018 after experiencing substantial rate increases at the renewals.