Insurance Linked Investments

Solidum Partners AG, a Swiss insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has expanded the distribution reach of its catastrophe bond and ILS fund strategies, including ramping up sales activities in Germany with a new partnership and a growing focus on banks and wealth managers in Switzerland.

Fermat Capital Management, the specialist catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has told Artemis that the firm was not consulted on the termination of its investment management partnership with GAM.

Catastrophe bonds are once again showing their value as a source of portfolio stability, with specialist cat bond fund managers Plenum Investments and Icosa Investments AG highlighting the sector’s calm performance despite growing volatility in broader financial markets tied to U.S. tariff tensions and macroeconomic uncertainty.

Having announced a new partnership this morning, that sees reinsurer Swiss Re becoming co-manager of the GAM Investments operated and distributed catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, executives told us that “nothing is off the agenda” and they see an opportunity to expand the range of ILS products offered.

GAM Investments has announced the hire of well-known insurance-linked securities (ILS) industry executive Dr. Rom Aviv as its new Head of ILS, a move that comes as GAM announced that reinsurance firm Swiss Re will take on co-investment management responsibilities for its catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds.

Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Investment Advisors Corporation (SRILIAC), a registered investment adviser subsidiary of global reinsurance company Swiss Re, is taking on co-investment management duties for the range of catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds offered by global asset manager GAM.

At Artemis’ ILS NYC 2025 conference, which took place in February, a panel of leading industry voices examined how the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is responding to a higher-risk world, while maintaining performance and attracting institutional capital.

AmRisc, LLC, a coastal commercial property insurance specialist subsidiary of CRC Group, has renewed its E&S property focused collateralized reinsurance sidecar named Trouvaille Re Ltd. at an upsized $580 million for the coming year, with alternative investment firm Stone Point again in support, as well as fronting specialist MS Transverse.

Paige Roepers, CEO and Co-Founder of Ocean Ledger recently discussed with Artemis how the company’s high-resolution geospatial analytics can help the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market identify long-term catastrophe bond opportunities to cover coastal risks.

Reinsurance sidecars have continued to gain in popularity and brokers have commented today on the expansion of this third-party investor supported segment of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, seeing it as one area driving robust capital growth into 2025.