Insurance Linked Investments

Sompo Holdings, Inc. has announced that it will acquire insurance and reinsurance group Aspen Insurance Holdings in a deal valued at $3.5 billion, while it cites access to alternative capital through the Aspen Capital Markets unit as a key benefit and a “highly differentiated product offering.”

The recent growth trend in the alternative reinsurance capital market is forecast to persist into 2026, as supply of capital from investors and demand from sponsors seeking risk transfer remain robust, Fitch Ratings has said.

Aeolus Capital Management Ltd., the specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance investment manager, is researching and working with artificial intelligence tools to see how the technology can add detail to modelling of perils and aid in making risk selection decisions.

The reinsurance market cycle has become more subdued thanks to sound risk management practices, strategic use of technology and a maturing partnership with alternative capital (ILS), according to rating agency AM Best.

Despite the first half of 2025 being an active period for catastrophe bond investors in the primary issuance market, the secondary market for cat bonds was relatively subdued in terms of trading activity in comparison to the first half of 2024, according to Swiss Re Capital Markets, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) division of the global […]

Nephila, one of the world’s largest and longest-standing insurance-linked securities (ILS) managers, has made changes at the leadership level, with Jessica Laird promoted to become CEO of Nephila Capital, as one of its co-founders, Frank Majors, steps back from the top team to focus on portfolio construction.

There is just one week left until our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference, Artemis London 2025. Held in London on September 2nd, the event will feature a full-day of in-depth discussion about the ILS market and valuable networking. Register to attend and join the crowd.

As per a new commentary from Morningstar DBRS, the reinsurance market has seen rapid growth in available capital, which reflects both retained earnings and the growing role of third-party capital, including insurance-linked securities, which has added competitive pressure to pricing but also broadened the industry’s financial foundation.

Enstar, one of the largest legacy and run-off reinsurance specialists in the world, has launched its first direct third-party capital play, a $300 million casualty reinsurance sidecar named Scaur Hill Re Ltd. which is backed by a number of institutional investors, Artemis has learned.

PartnerRe Capital Management, the specialist division of global reinsurer PartnerRe that manages third-party capital on behalf of investors and deploys it to reinsurance opportunities, has hired Benjamin Baltesar as Head of Portfolio and Analytics.