Vermeer Reinsurance Ltd

Dutch pension PFZW (or Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn) has recently benefited from another $150 million return of profits through a dividend from Vermeer Reinsurance Ltd., the joint-venture and rated underwriting vehicle that RenaissanceRe Capital Partners manages on its behalf.

Kevin O’Donnell, the CEO of reinsurer and third-party reinsurance capital manager RenaissanceRe, said today that none of the firm’s investor supported joint-ventures entered 2026 any smaller than they were last year, leading to an expectation of relatively stable fee income ahead.

RenaissanceRe, the global reinsurance company and third-party capital manager, established a new catastrophe bond managed account named the Stratos Fund in the second-half of 2025, raising $260.4 million for it, while increasing assets in other third-party capital and ILS vehicles and lifting fee income 31.8% in the fourth-quarter of the year.

PGGM, the Dutch pension fund investor that invests in insurance-linked securities and reinsurance on behalf of its end-client Dutch pension PFZW, has revealed a meaningful increase in the target allocation size for its investment into the PartnerRe operated Huygens sidecar structure.

Third-party investor capital under management in RenaissanceRe Capital Partners range of reinsurance joint-ventures and insurance-linked securities strategies rose to $8.54 billion by September 30th 2025, with the figure increasing by $450 million in the quarter.

RenaissanceRe, the global reinsurance company and third-party capital manager, has reported a 24.1% rise year-on-year in fee income earned from its reinsurance joint-venture vehicles and insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds in the third-quarter of 2025.

AM Best has updated its rating outlooks for RenaissanceRe and its subsidiaries, now seeing the reinsurance firm’s prospects as positive, rather than stable, citing improved performance, a more balanced business due to diversification, and of course the firm’s ability to attract third-party capital through joint-ventures and ILS partnerships.

The reinsurance market continues to provide attractive conditions for underwriting and Chris Parry, the Global Head of Capital Partners at RenaissanceRe told us the company expects this to provide ongoing opportunities for ILS investors, which will help the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector to keep growing.

RenaissanceRe’s Capital Partners division saw its third-party investor capital under management surpass the $8 billion milestone for the first time ever, reaching $8.09 billion at June 30th 2025, which represents an increase of $940 million or 13% over the prior twelve months.

Driving home just how important the RenaissanceRe Capital Partners division has become to the global reinsurance firm, its CEO disclosed that the third-party and ILS capital management division has generated $700 million in fees for the business since the beginning of 2023.