Wilton Re, a provider of in-force and reinsurance solutions, is partnering with Sun Life Financial Inc., to launch Windsor Life Re, a new U.S. and Bermuda based company that will initially act as a kind of life and annuity reinsurance sidecar for the company and is expected to deploy around US $900 million in capital.

The increasing need for capital to manage and mitigate natural hazard risk is creating strong opportunities for investors, according to Schroders Capital, who emphasises that by allocating to catastrophe risk through insurance-linked securities, broader securitisation, and other risk-transfer markets, investors can secure attractive returns by absorbing catastrophe risk when pricing reflects expected losses and required […]

Fitch Ratings anticipates the growth of the alternative reinsurance capital and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market will continue in 2027, as risk-adjusted returns remain attractive to investors and sponsor demand for capacity remains high, despite the backdrop of reinsurance rate softening.

One week from today we will hold our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, Artemis London 2026. With over 200 attendees already registered we do have space left for more, but you must register here if you want to attend the event.

The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) Hawaiʻi parametric coral reef insurance policy will pay for damage assessment and reef repairs for the first time since it purchased the United States’ first such policy four years ago, following recent impacts from Hurricane Lala which brought dangerous flooding, strong winds and major power outages across the state.

Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) expects to have its first third-party capitalised life reinsurance sidecar Ruby Re fully-deployed this year and the company is already evaluating a second iteration of the structure, an executive has said.

BTG Pactual, a major global investment bank and asset manager headquartered in Brazil, has established an insurance-linked securities (ILS) structure named BTG Pactual Sociedade Seguradora de Propósito Específico S.A. (BTG Pactual SSPE) to issue Letras de Risco de Seguro (Insurance Risk Letters), Brazil’s own-brand of ILS instrument.

In a volatile market environment when some hedge fund and alternative strategies have suffered, UBS Asset Management’s team sees catastrophe bonds as one asset class worth increasing allocations to, given it the carry they can provide remains relatively attractive compared to other investments in credit and fixed income.