Insurance Linked Investments

With 2025 setting new records for catastrophe bond issuance, the market is expected to maintain its strong momentum as it heads into 2026 as a resilient and growing asset class with strong technical underpinnings, Etienne Schwartz, CIO Liquid Strategies at ILS investment manager Twelve Securis told Artemis.

Having recently launched the OAK Enterprise retrocession focused Syndicate 1440 at Lloyd’s, executives from the company spoke with Artemis to discuss the opportunity they see in writing retro with the backing and support of third-party capital investors, as well as use of the London Bridge ILS structure to channel funding.

Willis Re, the recently established reinsurance brokerage launched by WTW in a joint venture established with specialist private investment firm Bain Capital, is building out its broking expertise of relevance to the insurance-linked securities and third-party reinsurance capital markets.

The financial regulator in Abu Dhabi is asking for stakeholder and industry feedback as it considers developing a framework to support growth of an insurance-linked securities market there, while also seeking input to a concept for a “synthetic sidecar” structure that would sit within a regulated insurance entity.

We are pleased to reveal the second wave of speakers for our next insurance-linked securities conference. With the Early Bird rate almost sold out for ILS NYC 2026 and with representatives of over 140 organisations already registered we encourage you to get your ticket soon if you want to secure this discounted rate.

Speaking today during Munich Re’s 2025 Investor Day event, Thomas Blunck Member of the Board of Management, explained that he considers the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market and its respective sub-segments are more vulnerable to price reductions compared to insurance and reinsurance.

At an investment board meeting held this week the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS) conceptually approved a new allocation to a Man AHL managed catastrophe bond fund, as the pension looks to bring more absolute return strategies into its portfolio.

Jireh Risk Advisors Ltd., the insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused solution provider and Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS), an independent insurance manager, have launched OpIngen, which both firms describe as a next-generation operations service tailored for the reinsurance and ILS industry.

Ledger Investing, the insurance technology (insurtech) and casualty ILS specialist, has announced the launch of Korra, a separate SaaS platform that aims to bring efficiency, transparency, and intelligence to the casualty reinsurance and insurance-linked securities market.

Azimut Investments, part of the independent European asset management and financial services group, has gained approval from the regulator in Ireland for a new UCITS catastrophe bond fund, which will be named AZ Alternative – Insurance Linked Premium Yield, Artemis can report.