Insurance Linked Securities Interviews

Our latest video features the second panel discussion of the day at our recent Artemis London 2026 catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities conference, a session focused on catastrophe bonds and what the current state of the market means for investor, ILS investment manager and sponsor discipline.

Insurance-linked securities (ILS) experts and leaders continue to see strong investor interest across the board, and with the total return of the cat bond market remaining attractive, appetite is deemed robust.

While both the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and parametric markets remain nascent in parts of Asia-Pacific compared to other regions, the potential to expand is clear, leading broker Marsh Re’s APAC Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Tony Gallagher, to forecast that these markets will build out.

Further expansion in the ILS market doesn’t necessarily require venturing beyond property catastrophe risk, according to LGT ILS Partners’ Hilary Paul, who recently highlighted to Artemis, that because traditional reinsurers still hold the vast majority of global catastrophe exposure, directing capital market capacity toward extreme tail risks can complement traditional balance sheets without adding counterparty […]

As Rule 144A property catastrophe bond issuance continues to surge, spreads have also been compressed through a combination of reinsurance rates softening and high levels of capital and investor appetite, given this, Dr. Raffaele Dell’Amore, Partner at Icosa Investments AG, has stressed to Artemis that market capacity must follow genuine opportunity, rather than capital outstripping demand.

This new video features the opening panel discussion of the day at our recent Artemis London 2026 catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities conference, a session exploring how Lloyd’s market participants are accessing institutional investor capital through the UK based ILS structure London Bridge.

With AI-driven infrastructure growth creating high levels of demand for catastrophe capacity within the re/insurance industry, Michael Stahel of LGT ILS Partners, has called out how alternative capital providers are well positioned to complement the needs that are being imposed onto traditional insurers and reinsurers amongst this build out.

The diversity and size of the ILS investor base has never been larger, according to Cory Anger, Managing Director at Marsh Securities, who believes that the market remains extremely healthy, while emphasising the need to continue expanding investment opportunities further.

As the catastrophe bond market continues to expand and create further opportunities in the ILS market, there is also a growing demand being seen for portfolios that combine liquid cat bonds with carefully selected private ILS exposures, which according to Twelve Securis’ Cahal Doris, gives investors greater control over liquidity, diversification and risk-return objectives.

Enstar, one of the largest legacy and run-off reinsurance specialists in the world, has recently begun fronting for capital providers including insurance-linked securities managers and sees this new offering a diversifying solution for its toolkit and one it intends to selectively develop further, Anguel Zaprianov explained to Artemis in a recent interview.