Archive for November, 2020

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 22nd November 2020, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics. To ensure you never miss a thing subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates or get our email alerts for every article we publish.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is currently experiencing somewhat of a flight to simplicity, and with technology led risk transfer solutions set to drive greater standardisation, it’s expected that the capital markets will be able to participate more readily as a result.

Nephila Capital, the largest dedicated manager of insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe or weather exposed insurance and reinsurance assets, has won a $100 million allocation from the state of New Jersey Division of Investment, a manager of state pension funds.

During its annual investor day this morning, Swiss Re’s CFO John Dacey explained just how important the use of alternative capital and relationships with insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors has become for the company, explaining that it aims to build on its use of ILS capacity and find ways to make the capital more permanent.

U.S. primary insurance giant Allstate continues to aggregate catastrophe losses at a faster rate in 2020, with its total reported pre-tax losses now having risen to almost $2.74 billion on the back of October’s losses which were largely from hurricane activity during the month.

Global reinsurance firm Swiss Re looks set to target profitable growth for its property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance business, aiming to underwrite more business in the hardening market at a reduced combined ratio.

Demotech, Inc. affirmed the ratings of previously under-pressure Florida primary insurance carrier Southern Fidelity Insurance Company, citing the investment made by Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd. as a driver for its renewed confidence in the insurer.

Global investment firm Franklin Templeton has released a new report that examines the growing role of insurance-linked securities (ILS) in alleviating flood risk, particularly in the US where the financial burden on FEMA and the Treasury seems to be increasing every year.

Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd., which enters into insurance and reinsurance investment business as HSCM Bermuda, has teamed up with broking powerhouse Aon for a new cyber catastrophe coverage product, that can cover systemic cyber risks for insurance and reinsurance ceding companies.

With just weeks left until the end of the year, it remains to be seen exactly how much private equity (PE) is raised and what impact this will have at the upcoming renewals, but the current environment suggests we might see some decoupling between traditional reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) structures.