Insurance Linked Investments

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund allocation of the Florida State Board of Administration experienced a negative first-quarter of performance due to the wildfire losses at the start of this year. But, the impact seemingly turned out to be less than feared and now staff of the SBA appear to be considering a new ILS fund […]

A former China Construction Bank employee is facing bribery charges in Hong Kong, accused of accepting payments in a crypto currency amounting to US $470,000 from a Vesttoo employee, to authenticate false letters of credit and collateral documentation.

Investor appetite for insurance-linked securities (ILS) continues to grow, but the asset class must evolve structurally to sustain momentum, address friction points like trapped capital, and engage a broader investor base, according to Rudy D’Cunha, Global Head of Insurance Services at Apex Group.

Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has announced the hire of former Moody’s Insurance Solutions cyber risk modelling and analytics specialist Damini Mago, as its new North American Head of Cyber ILS.

Cyber insurance-linked securities (ILS) remain a promising but constrained avenue for risk transfer, with structural complexity, limited market depth, and investor uncertainty continuing to hinder broader adoption, according to insights shared during a recent S&P Global Ratings webinar on cyber insurance.

Tangency Capital Ltd., an investment manager in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space with a focus on reinsurance quota share instruments, added a new Senior Analyst towards the end of last year, as experienced insurance-linked securities (ILS), parametric insurance and weather derivatives Bernard Finas had joined the company.

Arbuthnot Latham, a UK based private banking, wealth and investment management specialist, has made its first allocation to a catastrophe bond fund after spending time analysing the asset class and gaining an appreciation for the relatively uncorrelated returns cat bonds can offer.

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season forecasts, alongside physical indicators for conditions and internal risk modelling, suggest a season of average-to-moderate activity, leading specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager Twelve Securis to call it a “relatively balanced risk landscape.”

Expanding use of third-party capital, reinsurance sidecars and partnerships with insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors is opening up additional sources of capital for managing general agents (MGA’s), which broker Gallagher Re says helped replace capacity from major reinsurers that have reduced their participation in the MGA marketplace.

Tangency Capital Ltd., an investment manager in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space with a focus on reinsurance quota share instruments, has hired former Twelve Securis capital raising and investor relations specialist Alison Wallis as its new Investor Relations Manager.