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Nephila Capital, one of the largest insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund management operations in the market, is reported by its parent Markel to have had $7.2 billion in assets under management as of March 31st 2023.

Global reinsurance giant Hannover Re continued to expand the volume of collateralised business that it acts as a front or transformer for in 2022, with ceded limit rising 36% to almost EUR 6.2 billion for the year.

The second session of the day at our Artemis ILS NYC 2023 conference, held in New York on February 10th 2023, featured industry leaders discussing the need to build investor confidence in the collateralized reinsurance and private ILS side of the market.

Aspen Capital Markets, the third-party and alternative reinsurance capital management unit of global re/insurer Aspen, had a successful year in 2022, growing its assets under management by 42% to reach $1.3 billion over the twelve months.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) grant scheme in Singapore has been a significant help in the country attracting catastrophe bonds and other ILS activity and it has now been extended by a further three years, to run until the end of 2025.

With an improved reinsurance market outlook, new capital is now expected to flow in once earnings delivery has been confirmed in reported results, Aon’s Mike Van Slooten has said.

The Board of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) has heard details of an industry-loss warranty (ILW) option for the top of its reinsurance tower, as the insurer of last resort considered buying more protection than its 1-in-100 requires for 2023.

Catastrophe bonds are typically a risk transfer structure protecting an insured or reinsured against losses that affect its portfolio, which normally means a focus on loss and damage to physical assets. But increasingly interruption and people’s humanitarian needs are coming into the coverage equation, with broker Aon pioneering some of these moves according to its […]

Jean-Louis Monnier, a long-standing insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused senior executive at global reinsurance giant Swiss Re, has been named Global Head of ILS, as the firm’s Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) reassigns some responsibilities.

The African Risk Capacity (ARC) has selected reinsurance broker Gallagher Re to assist it with its own risk transfer needs, with the design of alternative risk transfer mechanisms, such as insurance linked securities (ILS) part of a development plan for its portfolio hedging and risk transfer arrangements.