Archive for January, 2022

Senior executives at investment specialist Neuberger Berman have highlighted insurance-linked securities (ILS) as an alternative asset class that should be particularly attractive to investors at this time.

Global insurance and reinsurance market losses from natural catastrophes and severe weather events were almost five times the ten-year December average, as the impacts of the US tornado outbreak and Colorado wildfires continued to put the pressure on re/insurers, according to analysts at investment bank Jefferies.

Allianz Risk Transfer (ART), the specialist and alternative risk focused unit of the Allianz global insurance and reinsurance group, is back in the catastrophe bond market seeking at least $100 million of annual aggregate and industry loss index based protection with a Blue Halo Re 2022 cat bond issuance.

Swiss Re continued to expand its alternative reinsurance capital assets under management across the range of insurance-linked securities (ILS) structures it manages for 2022, with notable successes in growing sidecar commitments for its PGGM-backed vehicle and its multi-investor Sector Re sidecar.

HSCM Ventures, the insurtech focused venture capital investing arm of reinsurance and transport focused asset manager Hudson Structured Capital Management, has led a $25 million Series B round for sensor-driven parametrics coverholder Parsyl.

Managers of third-party reinsurance capital and insurance-linked securities (ILS) should anticipate a more challenging fundraising environment through 2022, as investor scepticism is currently high after recent years of catastrophe losses, according to RenaissanceRe CEO Kevin O’Donnell.

Hudson Structured Capital Management (HSCM), the reinsurance, insurtech, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and transportation focused investment manager, has provided Series A investment capital and facilitated a $250 million lending commitment for a “buy now, pay later” focused insurtech named Ascend.

International law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has announced the hiring of David Luce, a senior lawyer with significant insurance-linked securities (ILS) experience, as well as experience of a range of alternative risk transfer and financing structures.

AXIS Capital, the Bermuda-based globally-active insurance and reinsurance company, grew its managed premiums year-on-year in 2021, resulting in a corresponding increase in fee income from its activities with so-called Strategic Capital Partners.

Roosevelt Road Re, an expansive Bermuda based reinsurance company launched with a partnership with US MGA Tradesman, has announced the hiring of Darren Bailey, an executive with ILS and capital markets experience.