Insurance Linked Investments

Captives are rapidly evolving from risk retention vehicles into strategic capital access platforms, which in turn is beginning to attract third-party capital, according to broker Aon, who emphasises that captive owners are increasingly partnering with external investors to unlock capacity that supports growth initiatives and long-term resilience.

Euler ILS Partners, the specialist Swiss insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has placed an initial insurance industry loss estimate for recent hurricane Isaias in the range of $2 billion to $4 billion, noting there is the potential for the storm’s losses to add to aggregate structures.

While the industry has spent considerable time implementing ways that capital enters ILS vehicles, the mechanism for how it exits has often been treated as an afterthought. Artex Capital Solutions is dedicating effort towards building vehicles that provide a clear entry and a clear exit, with CEO Kathleen Faries emphasising that delivering clarity at the […]

While the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market stands as foundational source of reinsurance capital and continues to expand across various products, regions and perils, ILS Bermuda has highlighted the island’s central role in driving the global sector forward.

Given most traditional alternative investments rely on the same economic drivers as the broader market, ILS highly differs because its returns are tied to natural catastrophe or insurance events rather than economic cycles, which leads Sage Advisory Services to say that investing in insurance-linked securities can achieve genuine diversification.

Pillar Capital Management, the Bermuda-based specialist collateralized reinsurance and insurance-linked securities investment fund manager, has secured a new high-profile backer as managing general underwriter SageSure has made a strategic investment in the company.

The U.S. life settlement market is poised for long-term expansion extending through 2035 as investor demand for low-correlated alternative assets converges with an aging population, growing retirement and long-term care funding needs, and broader direct-to-consumer awareness, a new study by investment management consultancy Conning has revealed.

Our latest video features the second panel discussion of the day at our recent Artemis London 2026 catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities conference, a session focused on catastrophe bonds and what the current state of the market means for investor, ILS investment manager and sponsor discipline.

Higher short-term interest rates are providing an additional source of return for ILS, while also reshaping strategy-level return attribution across the hedge fund industry. As macroeconomic dynamics shift which management styles deliver relative performance, Don Steinbrugge, of Agecroft Partners, emphasises that the underlying source of an investment’s return now matters just as much as its […]

Catastrophe bond funds structured in the UCITS format have now added more than $2.5 billion of assets in 2026 so far, with the sector nearing $21.8 billion of combined assets under management by the end of September 2026.