Insurance Linked Securities Interviews

While some in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market are targeting higher risk and return opportunities, or an expansion into non-catastrophe lines of business, Michael Stahel of LGT ILS Partners believes now is the time to double-down on more remote layers of natural catastrophe risk, where the insurance and reinsurance industry benefits significantly from the capital […]

In working with third-party capital investors, Vantage Risk Ltd., the almost two year’s old Bermuda headquartered insurance and reinsurance company, sees it as important to help mitigate challenges investors have faced with traditional ILS products.

Global reinsurance firm Swiss Re has continued to expand its activities in insurance-linked securities (ILS) over the last year and Philipp Rüede, Head of Swiss Re’s Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) unit, explained to us that with now multiple access points available to investors, the company hopes to grow all its ILS strategies.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market must demonstrate through its performance how it has worked to improve its underwriting and investment product offering after the recent years of challenging losses, Luca Albertini, CEO of Leadenhall Capital Partners told Artemis.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market needs to defend the gains it has made in improved terms and conditions, making sure technical underwriting standards are maintained, Marcel Grandi of investment manager Twelve Capital has said.

As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market shifts its thoughts towards the end of year reinsurance renewal negotiations, Tom Johansmeyer, Head of PCS at Verisk believes there could be more pressure on ILS capital to come, especially in retrocession and specialty areas of the market.

Kathleen Reardon, Chief Executive Officer of Hiscox Re & ILS, the international reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) arm of the Hiscox Group, recently explained to Artemis that the firm has ambitions to continue growing its ILS operation.

Christian Mumenthaler, the CEO of Swiss Re believes that the reinsurance market will continue to harden significantly, as so far the price gains made by the industry have been largely eaten up by issues elsewhere that affect the reinsurance balance-sheet.

Recent high levels of issuance in the catastrophe bond market are expected to continue, with a busy second-half of 2022 forecast and that momentum expected to carry into 2023, according to Aon Securities CEO Paul Schultz.

Joel Smith, Associate Partner at global management firm, Synpulse, has stated that success for insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund managers will be driven by “delivering predictable returns and insights, fostering transparency for investors, and administering a robust operating platform to execute their investment strategies.”