Insurance Linked Investments

According to Sven Althoff, Member of the Executive Board for Property & Casualty at German reinsurer Hannover Re, the catastrophe bond market is expected to remain active throughout 2025, as it continues to attract additional capacity across the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market.

Enstar, the legacy and run-off reinsurance specialist, has said that it acquired a Bermuda based Class 3B reinsurer in its most recently announced legacy transaction focused on property insurance-linked securities (ILS), for approximately $46 million.

With alternative capital in the reinsurance industry standing at a record $113 billion in 2024, analysts at S&P Global Ratings projects that it will continue to reach new heights in 2025, as it fills gaps left by traditional capital.

Aeolus Capital Management Ltd., the specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance investment manager, has announced the appointment of Giorgio Scrocca from OdysseyRe in London as Assistant Vice President (AVP), Underwriting.

According to global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon, the healthy retro reinsurance market helped bolster reinsurance capacity at the key 1/1 renewals, while catastrophe bonds provided “significant competitive pressure” during the January renewal period.

UBS Hedge Fund Solutions, a division of UBS Asset Management focused on managing and advising on a range of alternative assets for clients, has revealed that looking across 2025, the group continues to see reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) as one of its highest conviction themes in Credit &  Income.

Following a record year for the catastrophe bond market in 2024, with issuance increasing by over $1 billion to a new annual high of $17.7 billion, 2025 is set to be another busy year for the market, according to Brad Adderley, Partner at global law firm Appleby.

While allocating capital into the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector is “certainly the right decision for asset allocators” at this time, manager Icosa Investments cautions that with some challenges in the sector it is not advisable for cat bond fund managers to buy everything in the asset class.

Elementum Advisors, LLC, the alternative investment manager that specialises in collateralized natural catastrophe event reinsurance investments, has announced the launch of a new higher-yield focused, multi-investor catastrophe bond fund strategy.

Man Group, a global independent alternative and active investment management firm, has made an application to establish a UCITS catastrophe bond fund under its Man AHL brand, Artemis has learned from sources.