Aspen Capital Markets news

Aspen Reinsurance has renewed its Silverton Re collateralised reinsurance sidecar at a size of $130 million for the 2017 underwriting year, a slight upsizing from the prior year and with its own $25 million contribution remaining steady.

Insurance and reinsurance group Aspen has shifted more of its property catastrophe reinsurance underwriting over to third-party capital managed in its alternative capital management and insurance-linked securities (ILS) unit, Aspen Capital Markets, according to executives at the firm.

Aspen Reinsurance said that its alternative capital management and insurance-linked securities (ILS) unit, Aspen Capital Markets, has renewed its collateralized reinsurance sidecar Silverton Re with $125 million of capital for the 2016 underwriting year.

Third-party investors in global re/insurance firm Aspen’s collateralized reinsurance sidecar Silverton Re benefited from $8 million of income that flowed through to them from the vehicle thanks to a “relatively benign cat experience” in Q3 of 2015.

Global insurance and reinsurance firm Aspen’s collateralized reinsurance sidecar Silverton Re has seen the value of its long-term debt, which was issued to third-party investors, grow by approximately 11% in Q3 2015, from $76.2 million to $84.5 million.

Global re/insurer Aspen’s collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle Silverton Re has seen its long-term debt, which was issued to third-party investors, increase in value from $70.7m at the start of the year to $76.2m at 30th June, a 7.8% increase.

With the current softened state of reinsurance rates and competitive pressures from well-capitalised reinsurers and growing insurance-linked securities players, the property catastrophe reinsurance market is “not as much fun as it was,” according to Aspen CEO Chris O’Kane.

Global insurance and reinsurance firm Aspen ceded a portion of its U.S. insurance business to third-party investors in its Aspen Capital Markets unit for the first time recently, while growing its third-party capital assets under management to $185m by the end of 2014.

Global re/insurance firm Aspen felt the competition in reinsurance during 2014, forcing it to remain disciplined and non-renew some business at 1/1, but it expects to expand on its Aspen Capital Markets offerings and leverage its access to third-party capital in 2015.

Global insurance and reinsurance firm Aspen said that its alternative capital management and insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused unit, Aspen Capital Markets, has renewed its Silverton Re collateralized reinsurance sidecar for 2015, with $85m of capital.