Insurance Linked Investments

Hannover Re has announced a leadership transition within its Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) and Retrocession team, confirming that long-term ILS head Henning Ludolphs will transition into an advisory role effective today October 1st, with Patrick Horstmann succeeding him as head of the unit to ensure continuity and support future growth.

The Auckland Future Fund (AFF), a New Zealand based investment entity that was established in 2024 as part of Auckland Council’s long-term plan, can now add catastrophe bonds to its nascent portfolio as its governing board approved an investment policy that includes cat bonds as an allowable alternative asset class.

Fergus Re, the Bermuda based collateralized reinsurer that writes business for investors that have an appetite for returns from quality casualty risk underwriting business, has announced the appointment of Stewart Ritchie as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), succeeding Navin Dadlani, who will assume the role of Chairman of the Board.

Bamboo Ide8 Insurance Services, LLC., part of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., has announced a new multi-year transaction that expands the Greenshoots Re Ltd. collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle to cover an E&S program jointly launched with specialty insurer Accredited.

Solidum Partners AG, the Swiss insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has revealed that while it has not yet invested in cyber catastrophe bonds, the company is closely monitoring the market as it continues to develop.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund sector delivered another solid month of investment returns in August 2025 according to the ILS Advisers Fund Index, with the average ILS fund return across the index constituents reaching 1.58% for the month, the strongest month of this year so far and second best August ever.

Nascent Group, a Bermuda headquartered insurance management, ILS servicing and reinsurance transformer specialist, has hired Bellal Rahman as a Senior Vice President to strengthen its offerings for the insurance-linked securities (ILS), commercial carrier and life reinsurance space.

Artemis returns to New York on February 6th 2026 for the tenth conference in the series and our ninth in-person event held in the city. More than 400 attendees are expected to join us at ILS NYC 2026 and Super Early Bird rate tickets are now broadly available. Register soon to attend at the best […]

As per a new report from Morningstar DBRS, climate change is expected to be a meaningful primary long-term driver of reinsurance volumes. However, while the reinsurance market is currently at overcapacity, this is setting the stage for softer conditions in the medium term, the analysis states.

The combined assets under management of the mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds managed by the Pioneer Investments team have now roughly doubled in the last year, as the total net AUM across the Victory Pioneer CAT Bond Fund and the Pioneer ILS Interval Fund has reached almost $2.16 billion this month.