Insurance Linked Investments

A bank transfer has been highlighted in an ongoing Vesttoo fraud legal case, showing $4 million in funds sent to a China Construction Bank account in the name of Yu Po Holdings, the entity that was purported to have been the main investor providing collateral behind reinsurance deals where letters of credit (LOC) proved to […]

Shifting U.S. trade and immigration policies are introducing a new, unmodeled layer of risk for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, according to Jack Burdick, Senior Associate at investment manager Neuberger Berman.

Members Capital Management Limited (MembersCap), the Bermuda-regulated investment manager, launched its first tokenised insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund, MCM Fund I on the Archax digital asset exchange, marking a notable milestone in bridging institutional reinsurance and blockchain-based finance.

Lewis & Ellis, Inc. (L&E), a national actuarial consulting firm, has acquired Huggins Actuarial Services, Inc. (Huggins), a provider of property & casualty (P&C) actuarial services, in a move that enhances L&E’s position in traditional P&C markets while accelerating its capabilities in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space.

Catastrophe bond pricing remains firmly in the “neutral zone” according to the latest analysis from consultancy Lane Financial LLC, but the firm maintains its prediction that the market is still on-track for an expected 8.5% total return in 2025.

The Pioneer Investments mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) team has now successfully grown its dedicated catastrophe bond fund strategy past the billion dollar mark, with the recently renamed Victory Pioneer CAT Bond Fund reaching $1.13 billion in assets under management this month.

The cohort of lower-risk catastrophe bond funds in the UCITS format are still leading the way year-to-date in 2025, with an average 3.06% return to June 27th. But the higher-risk cohort of cat bond funds are now narrowing the gap, as impacts from wildfire and aggregate losses and mark-to-market adjustments move further into the past.

Aeolus Capital Management Ltd., the specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance investment manager, has announced the appointment of Ross Cooper as a Risk Analyst, based in Bermuda.

Stone Ridge Asset Management, the New York based alternative risk premia focused investment manager, has reported that the insurance-linked securities (ILS) assets under management in its mutual reinsurance fund strategies increased to almost $5.3 billion in the last quarter of record, with catastrophe bonds seemingly growing in focus.

Investors often approach insurance-linked securities (ILS) as a source of “alternative beta” exposure—something that can be accessed efficiently, often via a single manager, yet, according to Gareth Abley and Jehan Sukhla, Co-Heads of Alternatives at MLC Asset Management, that approach overlooks one of the most significant and underappreciated risks in the asset class, manager implementation […]