Alternative reinsurance capital

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending August 18th 2024, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics. To ensure you never miss a thing subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates or get our email alerts for every article we publish.

Aspen Capital Markets, the third-party and alternative reinsurance capital management unit of global re/insurer Aspen, has lifted its assets under management in third-party capital and insurance-linked securities (ILS) vehicles by 46% over the twelve months to June 30th 2024, to reach a new high of $1.9 billion.

Third-party capital in reinsurance, including that from catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS), could grow by as much as 10% in 2024, with AM Best and broker Guy Carpenter projecting it will be at $105 billion to as high as $110 billion by year-end.

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending August 11th 2024, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics. To ensure you never miss a thing subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates or get our email alerts for every article we publish.

Global reinsurance giant Munich Re said this morning that it reduced the volume of business underwritten at the July 1st renewal season, holding the line on price and terms, while across the industry the company believes supply and demand for capital are in equilibrium still.

In the insurance and reinsurance market, catastrophe bond issuance levels and activity are becoming a key focus for any investor discussions regarding industry capacity and price, according to equity analysts at Goldman Sachs.

There are an increasing number of insurance-linked securities (ILS) and collateralized reinsurance formations in Bermuda that have a focus on areas of the property and casualty (P&C) market outside of natural catastrophe risks, Damian Sealy of PwC Bermuda explained in a recent video interview.

A pair of lawsuits that allege China Construction Bank staff were complicit in the reinsurance collateral fraud perpetrated by executives at Vesttoo could now be combined, as the Southern District of New York court looks to save time and conserve judicial resources.

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending August 4th 2024, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics. To ensure you never miss a thing subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates or get our email alerts for every article we publish.

Investor and private equity giant Apollo Global’s CEO Marc Rowan has hailed the completion of its latest successful capital raise for a new vintage of the life and annuity focused reinsurance sidecar structure for reinsurer Athene as “the largest equity sidecar in the industry.”