Reinsurance News

Stone Ridge Asset Management’s mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund assets under management (AuM) rose in the last quarter of record, seemingly driven in the main by improvements in catastrophe bond values and returns.

At the April reinsurance renewals the supply-demand dynamic in the market remains delicately poised, with little significant new capital entering the market, according to Gallagher Re CEO James Kent.

Helios Underwriting, the Lloyd’s of London focused investment and underwriting vehicle that counts among its capital backers a share from insurance-linked securities (ILS) market sources, has named well known insurance and reinsurance industry leader Martin Reith as its new CEO.

RISCfp, a company focused on financing solutions advisory and platform management, has launched a new managed treasury pool (MTP) notes offering, that can act as both investment and collateral solution for insurance and reinsurance uses.

Mosaic, the global specialty insurer founded by Mitch Blaser and Mark Wheeler, is developing an alternative capital strategy, and has appointed its first Capital Solutions Officer to lead that charge.

Nephila Capital, a leading dedicated investment manager in the insurance-linked securities (ILS), weather and catastrophe reinsurance space, has reported a significant increase in the profitability of its flagship Syndicate 2357 at Lloyd’s, as the structure reported a combined ratio of just 57.5% for 2022.

At the just completed April 1st 2023 reinsurance renewals even the most favoured clients have paid more for their coverage, while no geographic region was immune to the market price correction, Gallagher Re has explained.

Insurance and reinsurance linked investment manager Nephila Capital saw its specialty lines focused Syndicate 2358 at Lloyd’s deliver a profit in its first year of trading, with an 88.3% combined ratio.

Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation is asking the regulator to approve average rate increases of 14.2%, to cover off rising costs, including from reinsurance, and to bring its rates closer to the private market.

Over the last wake an outbreak of severe convective storms in the United States that also included the deadly tornado event that devastated the towns of Rolling Fork and Silver City in Mississippi are together anticipated to drive hundreds of millions of dollars worth of insurance market losses, according to Aon.