Insurance Linked Investments

At our ILS NYC 2022 conference in New York in April, the second session of the day saw speakers openly discuss the need to keep insurance-linked securities (ILS) product as accessible as possible, to both the cedent and investor sides of the marketplace.

Catastrophe bonds, collateralized reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund capacity are no longer a safety-valve for the Florida property insurance market’s reinsurance capacity needs, Stonybrook Capital has reported.

An active catastrophe bond market in the first-quarter of 2022 helped to drive “fantastic growth in the ILS business” for Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions division, according to President of Aon Plc, Eric Andersen.

Specialty insurance and reinsurance group Canopius has announced a restructure and has named Charles Craigs, who has led much of the firm’s activities in insurance-linked securities (ILS) and third-party capital, as its new Group Head of Reinsurance.

At our recent ILS NYC 2022 conference in New York, speakers discussed the need to deliver a more predictable experience, where possible, to stakeholders such as insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors and reinsurance counterparties, during the first session of the day which is now available to view online.

The resilience of the global insurance and reinsurance market through periods of protracted stress makes investing into insurance-linked debt a reliable component for any investors fixed income allocation, according to asset manager Twelve Capital.

Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP, the London headquartered specialist insurance linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance related investments manager, has backed Denver, Colorado based health insurer Friday Health Plans again, leading an equity raise for the company and providing more debt.

We’ve just published the results of our latest global reinsurance market survey, in which we polled market participants on the state of the market as the key mid-year renewal season fast-approaches.

Some of the companies known for being reinsurance providers of “last resort” could step in to fill some last minute holes at the Florida renewals, according to analysts at KBW, but this would likely only be in higher-quality accounts.

While the overall Bermudian reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is still in the early stages of its environmental, social and governance (ESG) journey but making steady progress, there is work to do on protection gap related issues, as the Bermuda market lags behind competitors, a new report suggests.