Insurance Linked Investments

Euler ILS Partners, the specialist Swiss insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has hired Anton Ohneseit who brings investment analysis expertise gained from time most recently at UBS and Credit Suisse.

Plenum Investments AG, the Swiss based specialist manager of catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, has hired Raphael Kron, an executive with significant experience advising institutional clients in the region, as well as specific cat bond expertise.

Issuance of catastrophe bonds and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) approached a massive $10.5 billion for the second-quarter of 2025, growing the outstanding cat bond market by $4.6 billion to a new end of quarter high of $56.7 billion, Artemis’ new quarterly cat bond market report shows.

Solidum Partners AG, the Swiss insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has expanded its investment team with the appointment of Georges Bolli as Senior Portfolio Manager and Quantitative Analyst ILS.

Members Capital Management Limited (MembersCap), the Bermuda-regulated investment manager has completed the investment of its initial portfolio through its fund, MCM Fund I, the first tokenised institutional-grade reinsurance fund designed to open new capital channels to both digital asset investors and traditional allocators.

Accelerant Holdings, the tech-focused company that helps its members exchange or transfer risk more effectively, while connecting them with long-term capital, has upsized and renewed its Flywheel Re collateralized reinsurance sidecar, securing meaningfully increased capital backing from core investor Barings, LLC in the process.

A wave of alternative capital, led by a record-setting surge in catastrophe bond issuance, helped reinsurers meet growing demand without pushing prices higher at the July 1 renewals, according to Gallagher Re, as cedants secured improved terms in property and specialty lines.

Cedar Trace, the Bermuda-based insurance, reinsurance, and asset management group formerly operating under the Mereo brand, has made three senior appointments to its insurance-linked securities (ILS) platform.

Broker Aon has said that interest in leveraging the reinsurance sidecar structure to support casualty exposures is continuing to build, with a number of new casualty reinsurance sidecars expected to launch later in 2025 and into 2026.

Cedar Trace Group, the Bermuda based insurance, reinsurance and asset management specialist, has established a partnership with Austin, Texas based fixed income and alternative solutions manager Sage Advisory Services Ltd. Co., to deliver insurance-linked securities (ILS) enhanced credit opportunities to investors.