Insurance Linked Investments

Having previously said it was researching how to expand its insurance-linked securities (ILS) allocations beyond natural catastrophe risk, at a recent meeting executives of the Florida State Board of Administration explained that specialty lines, as well as casualty and cyber risks could be in scope for the large ILS allocator.

The growing demand for cyber insurance is driving increased interest in the cyber insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, with cyber catastrophe bonds emerging as a key tool for risk mitigation, according to a new report from S&P Global Ratings.

With all the insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds tracked by the ILS Advisers Fund Index now having reported their returns for January 2025, it’s become clear that there was a significant performance gap for the month due to the California wildfire losses.

Elementum Advisors, LLC has added new Chief Investment Officer (CIO) roles to its structure, with long-standing employees Jeff Davis and Paul Barker taking on investment oversight and responsibility for the catastrophe bond and collateralized reinsurance areas of the business, respectively.

Urs Ramseier, Chief Executive Officer of insurance-linked securities (ILS) manager Twelve Securis, expects significant growth in the parametric ILS market as technological advances enhance data quality, modelling, and trigger precision, creating new opportunities for business interruption coverage and protection where traditional insurance and reinsurance solutions are lacking.

Global insurance and reinsurance player Everest Group has reported significantly increased cessions from its property catastrophe line of business to cells of its Mt. Logan Re Ltd. third-party capitalised sidecar-like structure in 2024.

According to a new report from King Ridge Capital Advisors (KRCA), catastrophe bonds are offering more opportunities for bond and multi-asset fund managers to diversify their portfolios, reduce correlations and improve risk-adjusted returns.

HP Reinsurance SPC Ltd. (HP Re), a Cayman Islands based reinsurer, and Hale Partnership Capital Advisors has announced the hiring of Matt Walters as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of HP Re, as the firm continues to expand in both the reinsurance and retrocession markets.

Sven Althoff, Member of the Executive Board for Property & Casualty (P&C) of large European reinsurer Hannover Re said this morning that catastrophe bonds have been the main area of expansion for the company within the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space, noting that it is a “nicely growing part” of the firm’s business.

The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), a large Canadian institutional retirement fund, has expanded its investment allocation to insurance-linked securities (ILS) by approximately 39% in 2024, lifting its investments in the ILS market to approximately US $1.32 billion.