Insurance Linked Securities Interviews

With the key January renewals approaching, two notable provisions have seen a re-emergence within the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market: Claw-Back and Top-Up, both of which may seem straightforward but require careful structuring and clear language, according to Andre Perez, CEO of Nascent Group, the technology-driven financial service provider.

SCOR Investment Partners surpassed the $5 billion milestone in terms of catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities assets under management and senior executives Sidney Rostan and Alexandre Jaegle told us they view the market outlook as positive and anticipate momentum continuing, for the sector and their own ILS investment platform.

While the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space continues to expand into longer tailed and casualty lines, Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP is taking a cautious stance, with CEO Luca Albertini highlighting the challenges such risk transfers can pose for the capital markets.

With catastrophe bond and related ILS issuance set to exceed the record $20 billion figure by the end of 2025, this momentum is expected to persist, as Brad Adderley, Partner at global law firm Appleby suggests that issuance will stay at least at its current size for the time being.

As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space moves through the second half of 2025, a lighter period of catastrophe losses would still likely see hard-market discipline on structures and terms continue into the January renewals, according to Jean-Louis Monnier, Head of ILS at Swiss Re Capital Markets.

Prateek Singhal, Executive President & Head – Reinsurance at Howden India, believes that catastrophe bonds may be India’s “next shield”, emphasising the country’s need for instruments like cat bonds to protect its growing economy from climate risk.

Our latest video features the second panel discussion of the day at Artemis London 2025, a session focused on the catastrophe bond market segment, from our fourth catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference in the City of London, UK, held on September 2nd 2025.

Welcome to Artemis’ 2025 Monte Carlo Rendezvous Executive Roundtable, during which nine leaders and experts from across the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance sector discussed the current state and future prospects of the market.

In order for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market to succeed and truly compete with traditional reinsurance capacity, it must expand into casualty, which is why Ecclesia Re, the specialist reinsurance broking arm of Ecclesia Group, is placing such strong emphasis on this area.

As investor appetite continues to broaden beyond property catastrophe, Vantage Risk is building a “mosaic of capital providers,” matching different investors with different risks, from short-tail cat exposures to long-tail casualty and credit lines, according to Chris McKeown, Chief Executive, Reinsurance, ILS, and Innovation.