Alternative reinsurance capital

Reinsurers are benefiting from maturing partnerships with alternative capital providers, helping them to consistently exceed their capital costs, a new report from rating agency AM Best has highlighted.

With just a few weeks until our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, we have added three more expert speakers to the Artemis London 2026 website today. You must register soon to attend and join us on September 1st, for a full-day of in-depth ILS market discussion and valuable networking.

Hiscox Capital Partners, the division of Hiscox Re that encompasses insurance-linked securities (ILS) investments and quota-share partnerships, has appointed Charalambos (Harry) Spanos as a Senior ILS Actuary.

The global reinsurance market is at an inflection point after consecutive strong year’s of underwriting returns have driven robust capital generation, while inflows continue to grow the insurance-linked securities market and alternative forms of capacity, which leads AM Best to call this an inflection point and ask if pricing discipline will last.

Third-party capital in reinsurance, deployed through alternative capital vehicles, catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities, is projected to grow roughly 6% over the course of this year, to end 2026 around a record $130 billion level, according to the latest data from AM Best and Guy Carpenter.

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A new report from analysts at J.P. Morgan has suggested that while the catastrophe bond market has witnessed exceptional growth in 2026, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and alternative capital are looking more disciplined, exhibiting few of the undisciplined behaviours witnessed in the last soft market.

Speaking this morning during an earnings call, Munich Re’s CFO Andrew Buchanan gave the clearest explanation for why the global reinsurance company has reduced its retrocessional protection considerably, saying the company puts the effort into underwriting so it can keep the risk and has the financial strength to warehouse it.

Today we are delighted to reveal the agenda outline, session topics and timings for our fast-approaching catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, Artemis London 2026. Join us on September 1st for a full-day of in-depth ILS market discussion and valuable networking. Register to attend the conference here.

Hiscox Re, the reinsurance operation and third-party capital platform of Hiscox Ltd, continues to utilise its Capital Partners division to gain further relevance in the market, and deploy more underwriting capabilities, according to Hiscox Group Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), Joanne Musselle.