Insurance Linked Securities Interviews

Adam Schwebach of reinsurance broker Gallagher Re is expecting more new cedents to enter the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market in 2026, describing it as a product that can no longer be ignored for catastrophe risk.

The traditional reinsurance market is expected to present heightened competition to insurance-linked securities (ILS) in 2026, but investor inflows, a strong maturities schedule, and retained earnings should keep ILS capital levels healthy and catastrophe bond pricing attractive to cedents, executives from GC Securities told Artemis.

In the increasingly volatile world of catastrophe risk, the primary hurdle for third-party capital has rarely been the risk itself, but rather the tail; the years-long process of loss adjustment and trapped capital that follows a major event. However, CelsiusPro is making the case that parametric insurance offers a cleaner alternative for institutional investors, according […]

David Flandro of reinsurance broker Howden Re expects alternative, or third-party capital’s important role in the catastrophe space, and increasingly in casualty / specialty lines, to continue.

Despite a decrease in spread multiples, the private insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continues to remain attractive both in absolute terms and in comparison, to the catastrophe bond market, Stephan Ruoff from Schroders Capital told Artemis.

Coming off a robust 2025, ILS investment manager Tangency Capital Ltd has expanded its AUM to $3.6 billion. However, while Co-Founder and CIO Michael Jedraszak remains cautious about maintaining the firm’s current growth trajectory amidst softening rates, he forecasts a steady flow of capital into the sector as long as the broader ILS space remains […]

Culpeper Capital Partners is looking to scale its casualty ILS presence as part of a broader move to grow the asset class over the coming years. Moving beyond its inaugural casualty sidecar with QBE Re, firm leaders revealed to Artemis that they are already building a 2026 pipeline that includes a whole-account retrocessional deal and […]

As the reinsurance sidecar market keeps growing, GC Securities is placing significant emphasis on this sector as a major focus for 2026, while the firm also sees a need for greater attention on helping clients secure aggregate capacity for secondary perils, executives from the firm told Artemis in a recent interview.

Following the launch of Interactive Brokers’ ForecastEx platform, which allows investors to buy ‘yes’ or ‘no’ contracts based on stated outcomes for specific indicators, Artemis spoke to Patrick Brown, Head of Climate Analytics at the firm, about how these contracts allow investors to access risk-linked returns, as well as some of the key advantages they […]

As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector expands, investors are being drawn to the market by its strong performance over the past several years, its diversification benefits, and the attractive relative value currently offered by catastrophe bond spreads compared with those of other asset classes, according to Schroders Capital’s Stephan Ruoff.