Casualty ILS news

Everest Group, the global insurance and reinsurance specialist, reported an increase in premiums ceded to Mt. Logan Re Ltd., its third-party capitalised sidecar-like structure in the second-quarter of 2026, while the company also disclosed ceding $274 million of written premiums to its new Annapurna Re casualty reinsurance sidecar vehicle.

Despite a surge in third-party capital assets under management within its Mt. Logan Capital Management unit, driven largely by the launch of the Annapurna Re casualty reinsurance sidecar, Jim Williamson, President and CEO of Everest Group has outlined that the company doesn’t change its underwriting logic based on the availability of third-party capital.

Mt. Logan Capital Management, Ltd. (MLCM), the Everest Group owned third-party capital management platform, has expanded its assets under management meaningfully over recent months, reaching $3.4 billion in AUM, helped by parent Everest’s launch of what was the largest casualty reinsurance sidecar to be launched in the market.

AXIS Capital, the global specialty insurance and reinsurance underwriter, reported another rise in fee income earned through strategic capital partner arrangements in the second-quarter of 2026, as insurance-linked securities and third-party capital activities continue to build and its Capacity Solutions capability contributes.

Chubb has been buying more reinsurance this year as it sees an opportunity to “feed the hungry” in the competitive and softened market environment, CEO Evan Greenberg said today. He also made some interesting commentary on softening expanding into casualty lines and rate failing to keep up with loss costs, in his view.

Korra, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform from Ledger Investing that is focused on casualty ILS, has announced that it has appointed Yisheng Bu as Chief Actuary, who joins the firm after 13 years of service at Sompo International.

In May, our sister publication Reinsurance News hosted its second Legacy Market Roundtable in Brighton, in partnership with global reinsurer Swiss Re. A takeaway from the 90-minute session was the shifting role of alternative capital within the casualty space, with one participant noting that this influx of capital could position the legacy industry as a […]

Against the softening property catastrophe market, casualty remains the most focal alternative within the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space, but also the hardest to successfully close, according to Ledger Investing, who reports that while capital is actively seeking diversification, casualty rate adequacy remains intact, and the market is working deliberately to standardise.

For casualty reinsurers, managing risk effectively requires constant alignment across the entire value chain. Yet, traditional reporting methods and disconnected systems frequently cause reporting delays that can hurt capital efficiency. Given this, Peter McKelvy, Co-Founder of Northern Re, speaks to Artemis to discuss how the company’s platform updates models instantly to eliminate this information lag.

Global broker Aon has announced that it has appointed Bob Reville as Senior Managing Director and Casualty Catastrophe Market Leader within its Risk Capital division, effective July 15th.