Reinsurance linked investment

Northern Re, the collateralized reinsurance company that provides investors access to returns of its long-tail casualty underwriting business, has announced that it has selected Palantir Technologies as a core platform to support the continued development of its capital intelligence capabilities.

Nephila Capital’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund management revenues reported within parent Markel’s results rose by an impressive 59% year-on-year, to reach $40.5 million in the first-quarter of 2026.

Our latest video features another panel discussion from Artemis ILS NYC 2026, a session focused on the expanding range of investment opportunities in the ILS asset class, from our tenth catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference in the ILS NYC series, held on February 6th 2026 in New York.

London market insurance and reinsurance firms, including at Lloyd’s, have increased their use of alternative capital and insurance-linked securities in recent years. But while this is seen as supportive of their returns-on-equity and cycle management capabilities, it may also exacerbate rate softening AM Best warns.

In order for the catastrophe bond market to meet its full potential John Seo of Fermat Capital Management LLC believes onshore United States options for issuers would be beneficial, saying it’s time this was seriously considered.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is progressing a plan to become the first to utilise catastrophe bonds for food security financing, in a novel transaction that would see it become the first UN agency to sponsor a cat bond, with a target to source up to $100 million in risk transfer to boost […]

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Schroders Capital’s Private Debt & Credit Alternatives (PDCA) team, together with global reinsurer Hannover Re, have unveiled the integration of an innovative tokenised capability into its insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment platform, which includes the execution of the first real-world collateralized reinsurance transaction through this platform.

While early forecasts for this year’s Atlantic hurricane season appear mixed, Dr. Benjamin Hohermuth of Schroders Capital ILS suggests that for insurance-linked securities (ILS) portfolios, the regional message is far more important than basin-wide totals. This regional focus creates vital scope for portfolio repositioning ahead of the season and for tactical trading as conditions evolve.

Euler ILS Partners, the specialist Swiss insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, sees a $1 billion fund opportunity based on quota share’s to support insurance risk transfer capacity for the data centre build-out, according to reporting from Bloomberg.