Archive for September, 2025

For institutional investors and allocators, when it comes to selecting an insurance-linked securities (ILS) manager the decision needs to be based on more than just performance, with a range of factors also critical to consider, according to Lorenzo Volpi, Deputy CEO of Leadenhall Capital Partners.

With increasingly stronger earnings projected through 2027, Bermuda headquartered re/insurer Vantage Risk has been assigned an ‘A-‘ (stable) financial strength rating from S&P Global Ratings and its AdVantage third-party collateralized reinsurance platform has been heavily cited as a key lever for the business.

Two more private catastrophe bonds have come to light from the Eclipse Re Ltd. transformer vehicle, which has taken the total issued by the Artex managed structure to $118.2 million in 2025 so far across seven series of notes, lifting private cat bond issuance tracked by Artemis to $496.51 million year-to-date.

Following discussions at this year’s RVS in Monte Carlo, executives from global reinsurers Everest Re, Liberty Mutual Reinsurance, and Mapfre Re have highlighted that attachment points and terms have held firm, and that they see little reason for this to change as the industry moves towards the key January 2026 reinsurance renewals.

The Florida Retirement System Pension Plan, which is administered by the Florida State Board of Administration, has new insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund allocations in its pipeline, with specialty and quota share strategies now being assessed for their suitability to add to the portfolio.

At the Monte Carlo Rendez-vous event there was little talk among reinsurance companies about pulling back on property catastrophe underwriting but there was an expectation of some more flexibility being given to cedents, equity analysts at Peel Hunt have reported.

Swiss Re has now seen its new Matterhorn Re Ltd. (Series 2025-3) North America earthquake catastrophe bond successfully priced, finalising the issuance to secure a one-third upsized $100 million of protection, while the spreads settled at the low-end of reduced guidance, Artemis has learned.

Aon has called on insurance and reinsurance companies to optimise their capital stack and align it with their strategy, including through the use of alternative and ILS capital structures, in a market where an analytics-driven approach is critical to delivering efficiency, flexibility and returns.

Members Capital Management Limited (MembersCap), the Bermuda-regulated investment manager that seeks to bring reinsurance investing to a wider audience leveraging digital ledger technology, has become the first company to utilise the London Stock Exchange Group’s new Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI) platform.

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