Insurance Linked Securities Interviews

Speaking with Artemis, Brad Adderley, Partner at global law firm Appleby, emphasised that due to so many new sponsors venturing into the catastrophe bond space as the market continues to gain more momentum, it’s important that sponsors’ first experience in the market goes well, as he highlights that the overall process of setting up cat […]

While the re/insurance market continues to soften and both aggregate and multi-peril structures return to many catastrophe bonds, Harry White of Property Claim Services (PCS), a unit of Verisk, notes that severe thunderstorm losses remain a critical factor.

While the rising risk of a Super El Niño remains highly uncertain in both geography and magnitude, parametric trigger designs can add a crucial layer of granularity to climate coverage. According to Mark Rueegg, CEO of CelsiusPro Group, this flexibility ultimately allows both insurers and the insured to adapt to volatile climate conditions.

For casualty reinsurers, managing risk effectively requires constant alignment across the entire value chain. Yet, traditional reporting methods and disconnected systems frequently cause reporting delays that can hurt capital efficiency. Given this, Peter McKelvy, Co-Founder of Northern Re, speaks to Artemis to discuss how the company’s platform updates models instantly to eliminate this information lag.

As the sidecar market continues to expand, the traditional view of these vehicles as pure, non-correlated diversifiers is shifting. The growing adoption of casualty and multi-line exposures introduces long-tail dynamics that are inherently tied to broader macroeconomic factors like social and economic inflation. However, according to Kroll, for investors, this transition transforms the valuation process […]

Following the recent closure of German insurer Gothaer’s €100 million Yardstick Re DAC (Series 2026-1) flood catastrophe bond, analysts at Moody’s Ratings explained how the agency looked beyond just the standard model outputs when it came to rating the first-ever pure German flood cat bond, due to the bond having a very remote risk of […]

The extent to whether catastrophe bonds have truly become a mainstream investment product was a key discussion point during Artemis’ 2026 Bermuda ILS Executive Roundtable, in which experts from across the ILS sector discussed whether rated bonds, pooled ILS offerings, and enhanced secondary liquidity are ready to unlock vast new sources of traditional capital.

Andrew Creed, Group President and Group Chief Financial Officer of legacy acquirer RiverStone International, highlighted that as the legacy and run-off market continues to evolve, having insurance-linked securities (ILS) solutions readily available is becoming increasingly valuable for global operators.

As market volatility continues to drive a rising demand for structured solutions, reinsurers are increasingly forced to handle complex client objectives all at once, and being able to successfully execute these deals requires underwriting, pricing, and capital teams to be well aligned from the very start. In order to tackle this, Northern Re has built […]

After working with Gálapagos Capital SSPE on a recent R$126 million offering of Insurance Risk Letters (LRS), Avla Brazil CEO Felippe Astrachan has said that LRS opens a door that allows the company to explore different types of risks that are not traditionally covered by the insurance and reinsurance market, while also remaining optimistic about […]