Insurance Linked Securities Interviews

The increased digitalisation and interconnectedness of the world has altered the risk profile of portfolios, meaning that insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds are already holding cyber risk, they’re just not getting paid for the exposure, according to DeNexus, a specialist provider of software for cyber risk quantification for large industrial and critical infrastructure corporates.

At our recent ILS NYC 2022 conference in New York, speakers discussed the need to deliver a more predictable experience, where possible, to stakeholders such as insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors and reinsurance counterparties, during the first session of the day which is now available to view online.

Today, Artemis can report that leading insurance-linked securities (ILS) market facilitator Horseshoe has transitioned to sit underneath the Artex brand of its parent, but CEO of newly formed Artex Capital Solutions Kathleen Faries told us that this doesn’t change the mission to be the best-in-class ILS service provider.

Investors are becoming increasingly engaged in understanding how climate change could affect portfolios of insurance-linked securities (ILS) and the work that is being done at investment managers to understand that, with many taking the time to “come back to the table”, according to Aeolus Capital Management’s Frank Fischer.

Global insurance and reinsurance firm Everest Re is expanding its use of insurance-linked securities (ILS) investor capital, with its third-party capital venture Mt. Logan Re Ltd. a core component of the firm’s efforts to lower its catastrophe exposures, according to John Modin, President of Mt. Logan Re.

The Florida property insurance market crisis that has unfolded through recent years won’t be fixed by minor reforms to the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF), according to Demotech President and Co-Founder Joseph Petrelli.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market needs to address some of the issues that have emerged through the soft market period in reinsurance, in order to ensure it can hold onto its capital base, Luca Albertini, CEO of Leadenhall Capital Partners explained to us in a recent interview.

As issues continue to challenge the Florida insurance marketplace, Michael Stahel of LGT ILS Partners feels the upcoming mid-year renewals could be an optimal time to implement some needed changes.

This new Artemis Live video saw us interviewing senior executives at insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance investment manager Aeolus Capital Management, to discuss their ongoing program of climate risk research and how that is playing into investment decision-making at the firm.

Swiss Re’s landmark hybrid bank financing and insurance-linked securities (ILS) backed whole account stop-loss transaction was a “win-win” for the reinsurer and the investors backing the deal, with the ILS component of the arrangement oversubscribed due to its popularity, Philipp Rüede explained to Artemis.