Insurance Linked Investments

According to Howden Re, the reinsurance broking arm of Howden, risk-adjusted property catastrophe reinsurance rates-on-line fell in a range from flat to down 20% at the June 1st renewals, with ILS capacity said to be adding flexibility and competitive tension in top-layers.

The GAM Investments operated Star Cat Bond Fund UCITS strategy saw its catastrophe bond assets under management rise at the latest reporting of net asset values, halting a decline that began after ending its long relationship with the fund’s previous portfolio manager, Fermat Capital Management.

Since launching its Risk Exchange platform in 2023, Accelerant Holdings has positioned itself as a conduit between institutional capital and specialty insurance risk, offering what CEO Jeff Radke describes as one of the few opportunities for investors to gain “a fair slice of the whole book of business.”

The ILS Advisers Fund Index, which tracks the performance of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund sector, has turned positive for the year after April on the back of another strong month of private ILS fund returns.

At Artemis’ ILS NYC 2025 conference, a high-profile panel of industry figures discussed how the maturing catastrophe bond market can better navigate capacity crunches, volatility, and communication gaps as it continues to grow at record pace.

In an interview with Artemis, Laurent Montador, Deputy CEO of French reinsurer Arundo Re, discussed the recent renewal and launch of the seventh sidecar in the 157 Re series of deals, stating that it enhances the company’s capability to allocate more capacity in targeted areas while strengthening alignment with investors.

The Swiss GastroSocial pension fund has invested 2% of its roughly CHF 11 billion of assets under management into insurance-linked securities (ILS), as it adopted a new investment strategy in 2025 with a more significant focus on private assets.

Super Early Bird tickets are running low for our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, Artemis London 2025. To join us in London on September 2nd, for a full-day of in-depth discussion about the ILS market and valuable networking, register to attend here.

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), a long-standing pension investor in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, has promoted Shavir Nagarwalla to the role of Managing Director, Head of Hedge Funds and Insurance Linked Securities.

Amid ongoing market volatility institutional investors are increasingly turning to catastrophe bonds as a way to strengthen portfolio resilience, with the diversification they offer a valuable tool during times of turbulence, according to cat bond fund manager Icosa Investments AG.