Insurance Linked Securities Interviews

Global reinsurance company Hannover Re sees an opportunity to further develop the integration of resiliency features within catastrophe bonds, having received positive feedback from the market and clients since the transaction for the North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association (NCIUA), Executive Board Member Silke Sehm has told Artemis.

As traditional reinsurance capacity continues to tighten and prices rise, alternative solutions are stepping into the spotlight, with collateralized reinsurance particularly emerging as a key tool for insurers seeking flexibility and balance sheet efficiency, according to Anthony and Peter McKelvy, co-founders of Northern Re.

Speaking with Artemis, the leadership of Nephila Capital, one of the world’s largest and longest-standing insurance-linked securities (ILS) managers, explained their focus remains serving investors and being a valued trading partner with cedants.

Following the recent launch of its tokenized fund MCM Fund I, Artemis spoke to Benjamin Fox, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Members Capital Management Limited (MembersCap), who explained how the fund opens up the private reinsurance market to a group of investors who previously had no exposure to this asset class.

In an interview with Artemis, Terrence McLean, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SageSure, discussed the firm’s debut reinsurance sidecar transaction Seawall Re Ltd., stating that he thinks of it as the first in a series of additional transactions which has a direct focus on sideways and other perils.

In an exclusive interview, Co-Founder Greg Hagood and Chief Investment Officer Jessica Laird of Nephila Capital, one of the world’s largest and longest-standing insurance-linked securities (ILS) managers, told Artemis that during the past six years of Markel Group ownership, the Nephila business is a “materially enhanced platform offering a broader suite of investment portfolios for […]

As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continues to evolve, one of the most significant emerging areas is casualty ILS, and Jag Jass, Partner, Retrospective at reinsurance broker Augment Risk, argues that every casualty ILS transaction should also include built-in exit options with the legacy market to help expand and deepen that base.

SV SparkassenVersicherung (SV) is setting its sights on future catastrophe bond activity after making its market debut earlier this year with the $100 million Liongate Re DAC issuance, a landmark deal co-sponsored with Japan’s Zenkyoren.

In a rapidly evolving re/insurance landscape, Vantage Risk is positioning itself at the forefront of innovation and adaptability, particularly in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space.

European insurers are increasingly revisiting aggregate catastrophe cover to protect against high-frequency events, with alternative capital providers showing greater interest in supporting these structures, according to Hamish Dowlen, Managing Director and Head of EMEA at Gallagher Re.