Insurance Linked Investments

The ability to customise industry-loss warranties (ILW’s) is seen as a key trait in the reinsurance-linked asset that assists in the portfolio construction process, but demand for ILW protection has fallen slightly among reinsurers, according to the CEO of the City National Rochdale Select Strategies Fund.

In August 2023, the Government of Bermuda announced its deliberation on the potential introduction of corporate income tax, pending a series of consultations.

Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd., the reinsurance asset manager that does its investment business as HSCM Bermuda, has announced a raft of promotions across the business within its senior team.

Radian Guaranty, the US mortgage insurance arm of the Radian Group, has now successfully secured $353 million of fresh reinsurance protection from the capital markets through the issuance of Eagle Re 2023-1 Ltd. mortgage insurance-linked securities (ILS), its first mortgage insurance-linked notes since 2021.

With the focus of ILS managers now shifting towards the all-important end of year reinsurance renewals, Stephan Ruoff, Global Head of Schroders Capital ILS, explained to us that insurance-linked securities (ILS) portfolio construction and positioning are a key focus at his firm.

Global financial services firm SS&C has been working to evolve its offering for insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, to provide greater transparency and help ILS managers deliver a more streamlined service to investors, Ken Mahadeo told us in an interview.

Extensions of maturity dates continue for $101.25 million of the 2020, 2021, and 2022 vintage Seaside Re private catastrophe bond transactions, allowing for ongoing development of catastrophe loss events that they are potentially exposed to.

The market for collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicles has returned to favour, with resilience demonstrated as it returned to growth after two years here it had shrunk back, Aon Securities has explained.

Since its launch as the first French reinsurance sidecar, CCR Re’s 157 Re vehicle has become an important part of the reinsurer’s property catastrophe play, and further expansion of the sidecar and its capabilities is expected in the future, according to Laurent Montador, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

This video features the sixth session of the day at our Artemis ILS Asia 2023 conference, held in Singapore on July 13th 2023, a panel discussion focused on corporate risk, with reference to risk managers in the Asian region, and the potential for insurance-linked securities (ILS) to play a role in transferring their risk.