Insurance Linked Securities Interviews

This video of the fourth session of the day at our recent Artemis ILS Asia 2023 conference, held in Singapore on July 13th 2023, features a panel discussion about insurance-linked securities (ILS) related developments in Singapore, with its ILS regulatory regime and the future opportunity there.

Swiss Re’s reinsurance sidecar investment platform is on-track to deliver impressive returns for 2023, with loss activity seemingly attritional up to August and higher rates set to boost performance, Philipp Rüede, Head of Swiss Re’s Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) unit told us in a recent interview.

This video of the third session of the day at our recent Artemis ILS Asia 2023 conference, held in Singapore on July 13th 2023, features Stefan Kräuchi and Tim Yip of Hong Kong based ILS investment manager and advisory firm ILS Advisers, which is part of the HSZ Group, discussing the insurance-linked securities (ILS) landscape […]

If the insurance and reinsurance industry is to truly narrow and ultimately close protection gaps, the upsurge in demand for cover that would result from this means the capital markets have a key role to play, Christian Mumenthaler, the CEO of global reinsurer Swiss Re told us recently.

Right now and for the medium-term, in the world of insurance-linked securities (ILS), “liquidity is king”, according to Erik Manning, Director at BMS Re in Bermuda, who believes ILS managers need to focus on finding more liquid ILS investment structures to offer to their clients.

While the catastrophe bond space is expected to continue growing, due to its track record and performance, Stephan Ruoff, Global Head of Schroders Capital ILS is also bullish on private ILS transactions, although acknowledges that investors will want to see a period of improved returns from this segment of the ILS market.

Tanguy Touffut, the CEO & Co-founder of parametric insurance and risk transfer specialist Descartes Underwriting, expects strong growth for the parametric marketplace, while the role of insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors in backing parametric risk transfer structures is expected to increase as well.

Speaking with Artemis in Monte Carlo this morning at the annual Rendez-Vous de Septembre event, Trevor Carvey, CEO of Conduit Re, explained that the reinsurer plans to continue its work in the catastrophe bond space.

This year feels like a watershed moment for the cyber insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, with tangible advances in use of ILS capital to support cyber risk underwriting, while cyber models have reached a level of maturity that promises there is much more to come, Brittany Baker of CyberCube told Artemis.

Twelve Capital, the Zurich-headquartered insurance-linked securities (ILS), catastrophe bond and reinsurance investment manager, remains positive on the potential for the private ILS market to continue to recover from its recent historical challenges and intends to launch a new strategy to target the end of year renewal period, Marcel Grandi, Head of ILS Sourcing told Artemis.