Archive for February, 2022

Specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager Fermat Capital Management, said today that it has licensed CyberCube’s Portfolio Manager technology to help it gain a better understanding of cyber accumulation risks.

Kilter Finance, the insurance-focused specialty financing company launched by ex-Leadenhall Capital alumni Dan Knipe with backing from private equity giant KKR, is investing $40 million into medical liability focused insurance holding company Best Practices Medical Partners (BPMP).

In a new report, analysts from Moody’s Investors Service explained that the just completed January renewals, alongside market conditions and forces, confirm its expectation that prices will rise further in 2022.

TigerRisk Partners LLC, the global risk, capital and reinsurance brokerage and advisory, has announced the hiring of former Liberty Mutual executive Joel Hodges to a new role focused on overseeing and delivering an international data analytics strategy.

The CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd., the listed, retrocession focused insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy managed by Markel CATCo Investment Management, has recovered more value for its investors, with favourable development related to 2017 and 2018 catastrophe loss events.

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Joel Smith, Associate Partner at Synpulse, a global management consulting firm, has argued that digitizing processes and information exchange represents an important first step towards improved collaboration for insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund managers.

Direct to consumer homeowners insurtech Kin Insurance appears to have an ambition to take greater control of its reinsurance arrangements, as it has established a Bermuda based captive reinsurance platform and a related holding company named Kincession, Ltd.

Investment manager Twelve Capital has explained that it believes the insurance and reinsurance sector has positive attributes as an investment asset class for 2022, with both macroeconomic and idiosyncratic tailwinds expected to drive returns this year.

There is “no doubt” that the positive momentum witnessed in the catastrophe bond market over recent years will continue, according to Judy Klugman at Swiss Re, who anticipates another strong year for the market in 2022.