Insurance Linked Investments

MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s global re/insurer has appointed former Nephila executive and insurance-linked securities (ILS) expert Darren Toh as a Senior Underwriter within its Asia Pacific division, as the company continues to expand its presence and invest in strategic growth across the region.

With the catastrophe bond market growing at a rapid pace, the sector is well-positioned to support a broader sponsor base. The increased participation of large institutional investors, whose ability to deploy meaningful allocations remains a testament to the market’s credibility and scalability, further underscores this strength, Luca Albertini, CEO of Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP told […]

Hudson Structured Capital Management (HSCM), the reinsurance, insurtech, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and transportation focused investment manager, has hired life ILS portfolio management specialist Antonio Pombeiro, who joins the firm from Twelve Securis .

CalPERS, the largest public pension fund in the United States with total assets under management of over $582 billion, is making its first ever investment allocation to the insurance-linked securities sector, we understand in catastrophe bonds, Artemis has learned.

This video features the first panel discussion of the day at Artemis London 2025, a session focused on the private insurance-linked securities market segment, from our fourth catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference in the City of London, UK, held on September 2nd 2025.

Arini Capital Management, a specialist multi-strat credit alternatives investment manager, has seemingly marked its entry into catastrophe bonds with the hiring of experienced cat bond portfolio manager Shang-Wei Ye, who is best known for his time analysing and managing cat bond fund assets at Securis.

Nascent Group, a Bermuda headquartered insurance management, ILS servicing and reinsurance transformer specialist, has expanded its actuarial servicing capabilities by making a strategic investment into Sephira Risk Solutions Ltd., an actuarial consultancy founded by former EY executive Andy Smyth.

Pillar Capital Management Limited, the Bermuda-based specialist collateralized reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has promoted Kevin Ronaldson to the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Continued strong seasonality lifted the average 2025 year-to-date return of UCITS catastrophe bond investment funds to 7.25% by September 26th, according to the latest data from the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices.

There is a growing opportunity for further use of catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS) in Latin America, with Brazil’s first ILS deal recently setting a positive example, Fitch Ratings has explained.