Insurance Linked Investments

An expert panel has recommended that India develops its own insurance-linked securities (ILS) regulatory regime through its International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), which would include exploring the issuance of instruments such as catastrophe bonds.

Following the completion of Brazil’s first-ever insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance earlier this year, analysts at Fitch Ratings have highlighted how the country’s ILS framework marks the beginning of a new chapter for its re/insurance market.

According to the latest projection from rating agency AM Best and broker Guy Carpenter, third-party capital deployed in reinsurance is anticipated to grow by almost 7% this year, projected to end the year at a new high of $114 billion.

Euler ILS Partners, the specialist Swiss insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, is continuing to build out analytical capabilities in the firm, with the latest hire being a new Analyst, Ivan Kleiner.

B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc, the early stage financial service private equity investor, has made an investment into a new collateralised reinsurance vehicle named Gambit Re that will provide capacity to support underwriting programs of one of its investee companies, XPT Group.

We now have attendees from more than 110 organisations registered for our upcoming 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.

In the latest twist in the long-running Vesttoo saga, where fraudulent collateral was found to be sitting behind reinsurance deals via letters of credit (LOC) that turned out to be forged, the creditors to the failed insurtech’s bankruptcy trust are now suing broker Aon and China Construction Bank, alleging fraudulent conduct and blaming them for […]

RenaissanceRe’s Capital Partners division saw its third-party investor capital under management surpass the $8 billion milestone for the first time ever, reaching $8.09 billion at June 30th 2025, which represents an increase of $940 million or 13% over the prior twelve months.

Beazley’s Group Chief Underwriting Officer Paul Bantick explained this morning how the company has prepared itself to respond to the evolving cyber threat landscape, laying out the importance of its reinsurance and cyber insurance-linked securities (ILS) protection, while also providing an insight into its exposure to recent events.

Nephila Capital, the specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has lifted the profit forecast for its Lloyd’s Syndicate 2358 for the 2024 year of account by 1.8% at the mid-point, implying a roughly $17.1 million profit based on the $150 million capacity base the syndicate had deployed for that underwriting year.