Insurance Linked Investments

Targeting an expansion of its insurance-linked securities (ILS) and alternative reinsurance capital activities, reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has announced the launch of a Paris based entity named Gallagher Securities Europe SAS, to grow activities in the region.

The Ambassador mutual catastrophe bond fund strategy has continued to grow in the latest quarter of record, adding close to $30 million in assets in the period to October 31st 2023, to reach $127.7 million in net assets under management.

Sasria, the state-owned insurer in South Africa that provides cover for riots, public disorder and other difficult to place risks, is facing a reinsurance market with diminishing appetite for exposure linked to power grid failure, which has led it to consider insurance-linked securities (ILS) such as catastrophe bonds.

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Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP, the London-headquartered specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance linked investment manager, has announced a new key hire, with experienced Japan and Asia business development specialist Yuko Hoshino joining the company.

Third-party capital in reinsurance, so alternative capital or insurance-linked securities (ILS) market capacity, was more than replenished in 2023, as lost capital was replaced and market growth accelerated to levels beyond expectations at the start of the year, rating agency AM Best has said.

Munich Re has now completed the placement of the second listed tranche of its Eden Re II Ltd. collateralized reinsurance sidecar for 2024, which lifts the reinsurers capital market investor-backed retrocessional protection from the structure to $150 million for this year.

RenaissanceRe’s CEO Kevin O’Donnell believes his firm is well-positioned to continue growing its insurance-linked securities (ILS) offering and doesn’t see the rest of the market as able to disrupt its strategy.

Catastrophe bond fund strategies in the UCITS format have delivered an impressive almost 16% average return for the full-year 2023, rising every single month during the period and setting a new record for this popular segment of the cat bond fund space.

With one month still to be counted, the Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Index has already set a new record high annual return in 2023, as the average return of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds tracked rose to 13.33% after November.