Insurance Linked Investments

The Icosa Cat Bond Fund, the catastrophe bond fund strategy distributed by Icosa Investments, has continued to attract new inflows from investors in recent months, now growing the fund to US $428 million in assets as of this week.

Insurance-linked securities (ILS) continue to stand out as a compelling asset class, not just for their strong returns, but for their unique ability to remain uncorrelated with broader financial markets, according to Mark Gibson, Senior Investment Director, ILS, at Schroders Capital.

The catastrophe bond market is not ready for an exchange traded fund (ETF) that tracks an index, according to specialist Swiss insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager Solidum Partners AG, who say it’s not feasible at this time for such a strategy to exist, given challenges in dynamic replication of an index for the cat bond […]

At the 2025 Artemis insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference in New York City, Richard Gray, Head of Third-Party Capital at specialist insurer Beazley, spoke with AM Best about the rapid growth and potential of cyber catastrophe bonds.

The Ambassador US mutual catastrophe bond fund strategy operated by advisor Embassy Asset Management has now expanded its insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund’s assets under management to $428 million, with expansion across the portfolio and more industry-loss warranty (ILW) investments made as well.

Howden, the global insurance, reinsurance and advisory group, has now added institutional investment consultancy to its growing service offering, having agreed to acquire UK professional services firm Barnett Waddingham.

Radix Insurance Linked Strategies (Radix ILS), the recently launched Bermuda-based third-party capital manager and reinsurance capacity deployment company with a technology-first focus, has now had a collateralized insurer class of company registered on the island.

This video features an expert panel discussing investment trends in private insurance-linked securities (ILS) at our Artemis ILS NYC 2025 conference, which was held in New York on February 7th 2025.

The catastrophe bond market continues to present a compelling investment opportunity, with elevated risk premiums, strong demand from insurers and investors, and favourable pricing dynamics likely to drive record issuance in 2025, according to analysis by Kepler Absolute Hedge, a research and data-led provider of insight into hedge fund strategies.

Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd. (HSCM), a reinsurance, insurtech, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and transportation focused investment manager, and Kilter Finance, an insurance-focused specialty financing company, have backed a $170 million debt raise for re/insurer IQUW as it continues to build-out its Bermuda platform.