Insurance Linked Investments

Porch Group, the owner of insurer Homeowners of America Insurance Company (HOA) which was impacted by the Vesttoo reinsurance letter of credit (LOC) collateral fraud, has responded to broker Gallagher’s motion to dismiss the legal case Porch had raised, saying it believes the company failed to satisfy the obligations of their contract.

Oxbridge Re Ltd., the Cayman Islands based reinsurance company, has announced the successful raising of $2.88 million for its sidecar structure through EpsilonCat Re tokenized reinsurance securities issued by its subsidiary SurancePlus Inc.

The World Bank is reportedly aiming to issue its first drought catastrophe bond over the next 12 – 18 months, which would most likely be focused on Africa, George Richardson, director of the capital markets and investment department at the World Bank Treasury, told Reuters.

Selling pressure in the secondary market for catastrophe bonds appears to have resulted in record levels of trading activity during the month of May, according to Florian Steiger, CEO of specialist cat bond investment fund manager Icosa Investments AG.

Broking giant Aon has announced the hire of Ed Thomas as its new Head of Lloyd’s Capital, with the new addition bringing experience gained in the development of the London Bridge insurance-linked securities structures specific to the Lloyd’s marketplace.

Depending on the outcome of the hurricane season and the occurrence of other catastrophes, investors in catastrophe bonds could be on-track to meet or even exceed target returns in 2024, with cat bond market yields still elevated and the fundamentals of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market strong, analysis from Twelve Capital explains.

Artex, the captive, alternative risk transfer, insurance-linked securities (ILS) facilitation and capital solutions subsidiary of Gallagher, has announced the launch of its first Vermont protected cell company, named Artex Axcell PCC (Vermont), Inc.

Quota share reinsurance focused investment manager Tangency Capital Ltd. has had continued success in raising assets through the first-half and mid-year renewal season, adding $400 million in assets to reach now $1.8 billion in ILS AUM.

Brookmont Capital Management, LLC, an SEC registered investment manager, has launched a prospectus for the Brookmont Catastrophic Bond ETF, a new exchange traded fund strategy that will be predominantly focused on the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class.

Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter is rolling out a new parametric flood product that has been designed to enable risk transfer for large portfolios of exposure across wide-areas. The FloodShield triggers are structured with the help of Floodbase, KatRisk, and ICEYE, plus this could be a solution that utilises ILS market capacity in future.