Insurance Linked Investments

Fermat Capital Management, the specialist catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has made a new senior hire in Sandro Tiziani, to strengthen its investor relations and expand distribution reach within the Swiss and Italian markets.

Today we are pleased to reveal the fifth and now final wave of speakers for our upcoming insurance-linked securities conference. With tickets continuing to sell more quickly than prior years for ILS NYC 2026, we urge you to register soon to guarantee your place at the conference as we could sell out.

Global reinsurance company TransRe has announced the promotion of Mike Torre and expansion of his responsibilities to the position of Global Property Portfolio and Third-Party Capital Leader, reporting to Lisa Moser, President of Global Portfolio Management.

Catastrophe bond funds in the UCITS format closed out a stunning year of growth to reach a significant $19.12 billion of combined assets under management by the end of 2025, representing a record $5.3 billion or almost 39% in growth over the twelve months.

As insurance-linked securities (ILS) continues to diversify and expand across Asia, MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s global insurer and reinsurer, remains committed to supporting the ongoing development of the market across the region, according to William Ho, CEO of MS Amlin Asia Pacific.

Broker Guy Carpenter has announced the launch of a global Sidecar Center of Excellence (COE), which will be led by Ed Hochberg, Global Risk Solutions Leader.

As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector expands, investors are being drawn to the market by its strong performance over the past several years, its diversification benefits, and the attractive relative value currently offered by catastrophe bond spreads compared with those of other asset classes, according to Schroders Capital’s Stephan Ruoff.

Specialist insurance-linked securities manager Twelve Securis has launched a new insurance-linked investment fund strategy that will primarily focus on Restricted Tier 1 (RT1) insurance debt instruments.

Catastrophe bond market activity in 2025 resulted in a landmark issuance year for the sector, as adoption of the cat bond as a structure for reinsurance protection and alternative asset class accelerated and expanded. Beyond the headline figures, such as 2025 being the first year to see over $20 billion of cat bond issuance, numerous […]

Ark Insurance Holdings Limited, a property and casualty insurance and reinsurance subsidiary of the White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., has renewed its collateralized reinsurance sidecar Outrigger Re Ltd. for the 2026 calendar year at a meaningfully smaller $70 million in size.