Insurance Linked Investments

According to the latest data from insurance and reinsurance broker Aon, alternative reinsurance capital, largely deployed in insurance-linked securities (ILS) formats, has resumed growth and reached a new high of $100 billion.

Helios Underwriting, the Lloyd’s of London focused investment and underwriting vehicle that counts some insurance-linked securities (ILS) market sources among its capital backers, has named Michael Wade as its new Chairman.

Two new examples of the collateralized insurer class of company have been set up in Bermuda, with Monarch Point Re (ISAC) Ltd. and Monarch Point Re (ISA 2023) Ltd. both registered by the regulator in May.

Non-life legacy insurance and reinsurance as well as program management firm R&Q Insurance Holdings Ltd. has revealed earning $12.1 million in fee income from its first full year operating the legacy insurance focused collateralised reinsurance sidecar, Gibson Re.

As we reported back in April, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) have highlighted the use of catastrophe bonds as critical to support the supply of catastrophe insurance and reinsurance across the region, while also proposing issuance is brought closer to home.

Schroders Capital has launched a new catastrophe bond fund that has been designed as an offering for US investors, raising $70 million from two clients earlier this month for the Schroders Capital Coda Fund.

In advance of the end of the quarter, Artemis can now report that issuance of property catastrophe bonds in the first-half of 2023 will close out June at an all-time high for the period of almost $9.7 billion, which beats the full-year total from 2022 and sets a new record for any half-year of cat […]

Oxbridge Re Ltd., the Cayman Islands based reinsurance firm with a Gulf Coast risk focus, has successfully raised $2.4 million through the sale of digital or tokenized reinsurance securities named DeltaCat Re, which will be used to support collateralized reinsurance contracts underwritten via its sidecar structure, Oxbridge Re NS.

The Florida State Board of Administration, which manages the huge and roughly $180 billion Florida Retirement System Pension Plan, looks set to increase the size of its allocation to insurance-linked securities (ILS).

Parametric insurance solutions continue to be more broadly adopted, but the technology behind their triggers is also critical and solutions are developing fast, Callum Higgins from Moody’s RMS and Martin Hotz from Swiss Re Corporate Solutions explained in a recent video interview.