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Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has made a key appointment who brings new capital markets experience, hiring Efe Tokmen from broker Guy Carpenter as Head of Structured, UK Capital Solutions, Artemis has learned from sources today.

The retrocession renewals for January 1st 2026 were finalised much later than usual. But, with ample capacity available from traditional and ILS markets, buyers achieved price reductions and also re-introduced more frequency protection to their coverage, according to Gallagher Re.

Today we are pleased to reveal the fifth and now final wave of speakers for our upcoming insurance-linked securities conference. With tickets continuing to sell more quickly than prior years for ILS NYC 2026, we urge you to register soon to guarantee your place at the conference as we could sell out.

As insurance-linked securities (ILS) continues to diversify and expand across Asia, MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s global insurer and reinsurer, remains committed to supporting the ongoing development of the market across the region, according to William Ho, CEO of MS Amlin Asia Pacific.

Specialist insurance-linked securities manager Twelve Securis has launched a new insurance-linked investment fund strategy that will primarily focus on Restricted Tier 1 (RT1) insurance debt instruments.

Ark Insurance Holdings Limited, a property and casualty insurance and reinsurance subsidiary of the White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., has renewed its collateralized reinsurance sidecar Outrigger Re Ltd. for the 2026 calendar year at a meaningfully smaller $70 million in size.

Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has announced that it has appointed Scott Cobon from Artex Risk Solutions as Head of Strategic Solutions in Bermuda, where he will work closely with Gallagher Securities, the firm’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) and capital markets broker-dealer division.

There is just one month to go until our upcoming ILS NYC 2026 insurance-linked securities conference and today we have revealed the topics for each of the panel sessions. Please register soon to guarantee your place at the conference, as tickets continue to sell ahead of prior year’s.

MS Amlin has now confirmed the expansion of its Phoenix Re securitized sidecar vehicle, lifting it to $115 million for the 2026 underwriting year, as the company continues with the insurance-linked securities strategy into its now sixth year.

Alternative reinsurance capital, so that deployed through insurance-linked securities and related collateralized structures, reached a new high of $124 billion as of September 30th 2025, according to Aon and the broker expects the growth trend to persist as third-party investors show “consistent” appetite for returns from the sector.