Insurance Linked Securities Interviews

We spoke with Tom Johansmeyer, Head of PCS, today, to discuss the rioting and civil disturbance seen at the US Capitol buildings on January 6th 2021.

This roundtable discussion was convened by specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bond investment manager Plenum Investments and moderated by Artemis in December 2020.

The twin, positive impacts of rising prices and much improved terms means that the hardening market environment isn’t going away anytime soon, suggesting ever-increasing success for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space, according to Brad Adderley, senior partner in Appleby’s Bermuda office who has been involved in a significant number of ILS transactions.

Patrick Roder, Associate Partner and Global Head of ILS at Synpulse Management Consulting, joined us recently to discuss the publication of a study analysing the results of our survey on the maturity of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices in the risk transfer, reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) markets.

Combined with advanced technology and great talent, Vantage sees the range of insurance-linked securities (ILS) structures as a means to be innovative and expand the set of risks that are covered by the risk transfer space, according to co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Greg Hendrick.

The use of advanced technology and improvements in data and analytics to develop innovative parametric triggers is a stimulating proposition, both in the natural catastrophe space and beyond, according to Jonathan Clark, Head of Public Sector at reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter.

In spite of an expected decline by the end of 2020, the volume of alternative capital in the global reinsurance market is projected to increase by five to 10 percent over the coming years, according to Jérôme Jean Haegeli, Chief Economist at reinsurance giant Swiss Re.

Although the last four years have been a challenging time for the ILS market in many ways, one positive development is that investors have become more discerning in their choice of fund managers, which could lead to the disappearance of “indifferent” funds, Quentin Perrot tells Artemis.

Cat bonds are set to buck the trend elsewhere in the ILS market, with a strong issuance pipeline for Q4 2020 and Q1 2021. This is according to Des Potter, managing director ILS origination and structuring at GC Securities, part of Guy Carpenter, in an interview with Artemis.

The increasingly sophisticated participants within the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market aren’t going to lap up just any cyber exposure that comes their way, the deals have to make sense, according to Tom Johansmeyer, Head of PCS.