Insurance Linked Investments

As we reported recently, US headquartered insurance holding company W. R. Berkley Corporation has continued to expand its Lifson Re collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle, which has been a key lever for the firm’s growth into property catastrophe risks at an attractive time in the cycle.

Interesting news as Vanbridge, a diversified insurance and capital solutions company owned by program specialist and broker EPIC, and GreensLedge, a global investment banking and advisory specialist, together launched an alternative letter of credit (LOC) facility tailored specifically for casualty insurance programs.

Insurance carriers in the state of Florida have become more creative with how they approach their reinsurance program needs, finding solutions and using alternatives to ensure protection, but challenges persist, rating agency KBRA said in a new report. We think this could lead to some interesting renewal activity in 2024, given the efficiency of ILS […]

This video features a fascinating panel discussion on developments in cyber catastrophe bonds from our Artemis London 2023 catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference, that was held in London on September 5th 2023.

Global reinsurer Hannover Re is clearly expecting the benefits of the hard market environment to earn through in 2024, as it targets a 24% increase in net income next year, while key among strategic drivers for its new corporate plan for years 2024 through 2026 are the use of retrocession and ILS to expand its […]

The government of Korea has been urged to implement and adopt an insurance-linked securities (ILS) regulatory framework to enhance its domestic insurance marketplace and enable access to the capital markets for additional risk capital and reinsurance.

The Plenum Investments Index that tracks the returns of catastrophe bond funds in the UCITS format has now reached over 16% for the last 12-months, while the year-to-date return has now reached 15.2% for 2023 to the end of November.

At a recent event held in the city, speakers representing the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HK SAR) of the People’s Republic of China were keen to promote the development of its insurance-linked securities (ILS) market offering and to attract more catastrophe bond business.

Last year, Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance company use of insurance-linked securities (ILS) such as catastrophe bonds increased, according to survey data collected by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA).

Today, we are delighted to reveal the first wave of speakers confirmed for our next insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference. ILS NYC 2024 will be held in New York City on February 9th 2024, with around 400 attendees from the ILS community expected to come together for a day of thought-leadership, discussion and valuable networking.