Casualty ILS news

Welcome to Artemis’ 2024 Monte Carlo Rendezvous Executive Roundtable, in which nine expert speakers from across the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space discussed the sustainability of current market conditions and returns, investor sentiment, potential growth areas, and more.

Enstar, the legacy and run-off reinsurance specialist, has developed a flexible finality solution for insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors. With the Forward Exit Option (FOE) already put to work in a recent transaction, Anguel Zaprianov explained to Artemis in an interview that its application potential is broad.

Starwind Specialty Insurance Services, LLC, a program management subsidiary of broking group TIH, has secured $270 million of collateralized reinsurance capacity for certain casualty risk focused programs, through the launch of Fractal Re Ltd., a multi-year collateralized quota share sidecar structure.

Ledger Investing, the insurtech and casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) company, has funded and launched a new $100 million casualty sidecar for a global reinsurer, financing the company’s casualty reinsurance business over three underwriting years on a quota share basis.

The casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has been growing and PwC highlighted this at events in Monte Carlo at the Rendez-Vous this week, saying that it is an area for the legacy reinsurance and ILS sectors to collaborate.

MultiStrat, the specialist underwriter, and reinsurance investment facilitator, has announced two senior promotions within its underwriting team, with Kier James, Vice President, Underwriting, stepping up to become Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), while Patrick Grealy, Executive Vice President, transitions to the expanded role of Portfolio & Performance Management.

Stone Ridge Asset Management, the New York based alternative risk premia focused investment manager, has reached a significant milestone in the development of its reinsurance investment franchise, hitting the $10 billion mark in assets under management (AUM), Artemis has learned.

Moody’s Corporation has taken a significant step to expand its risk analytics capabilities for the global insurance, reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) industry, acquiring Praedicat, a specialist in casualty and liability risk modelling.

Ledger ILS Services Ltd. the recently formed provider of underwriting and risk management services launched by casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) marketplace and insurtech company Ledger Investing, has hired former Peak Re executive Wang Xu to lead its new Cayman Islands casualty ILS platform.

Speaking with Artemis after the completion of Ambac Financial Group’s acquisition of a 60% stake in Beat Capital Partners, executives John Cavanagh and Naveen Anand told us that third-party capital in general and the ILS market are seen as key capacity for the group going forwards.