Insurance Linked Investments

A new Gallagher Re white paper argues that blending cyber tail risk with uncorrelated property catastrophe risk in shared-limit reinsurance structures can lower pricing and improve efficiency for cedants, though the firm notes that long-term success will also require participation from the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market.

For insurance and reinsurance companies, the expansion of insurance-linked securities and the catastrophe bond market are viewed as credit positive by KBRA, with the rating agency explaining that the additional capacity the ILS market offers is increasingly important, supporting capital flexibility and protecting sector balance-sheets.

Our latest video features the opening panel discussion of the day at Artemis ILS NYC 2026, a session focused on the private insurance-linked securities marketplace, from our tenth catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference in the ILS NYC series, held on February 6th 2026 in New York.

Elementum Advisors, LLC, an alternative investment manager that specialises in collateralized natural catastrophe event reinsurance investments, has announced the promotion of employee Valerie Medelyan to the position of Chief Compliance Officer.

UK government backed mutual terrorism reinsurance firm Pool Re has completed the placement of its 2026 retrocession placement, securing £2.75 billion of aggregate excess of loss cover, which also includes new cover for non-damage business interruption (NDBI).

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund sector began 2026 with an above-average January, as the average return across ILS funds tracked by the ILS Advisers Fund Index stood at 0.71% for the month.

Gallatin Point Capital LLC a private investment firm that focuses on structured investments in financial institutions including re/insurance, services, and related assets, has formed a strategic partnership with Capital Constellation, an investment platform managed by Wafra Inc.

Broker Guy Carpenter has announced the appointment of Al Paas as Head of European Capital & Advisory, who joins the firm with extensive experience in capital markets and mergers & acquisitions (M&A) advisory.

In announcing its results this morning, Adrian Cox, the CEO of Beazley, the London headquartered specialty insurance and reinsurance company, has stated that, when it comes to cyber insurance-linked securities the firm’s next step is to transition into securitisation and transformation of risks, with its dedicated cyber ILS fund planned for later this year.

As the catastrophe bond market continues to expand into new perils and more complex structures, broad and credible modelling coverage becomes highly important. However, reinsurer Swiss Re’s proprietary catastrophe models allow the firm to analyse a wider range of risks, which according to executives expands the “investable universe” while maintaining a well-understood risk-return profile.