Casualty insurance-linked securities news

As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continues to evolve, one of the most significant emerging areas is casualty ILS, and Jag Jass, Partner, Retrospective at reinsurance broker Augment Risk, argues that every casualty ILS transaction should also include built-in exit options with the legacy market to help expand and deepen that base.

Broker Aon has said that interest in leveraging the reinsurance sidecar structure to support casualty exposures is continuing to build, with a number of new casualty reinsurance sidecars expected to launch later in 2025 and into 2026.

At Artemis’ ILS NYC 2025 conference, a panel composed of leaders from across the ILS value chain delivered a bullish message about the future of the casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) space.

Ledger Investing, the insurance technology (insurtech) and insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused company, has announced the appointment of John Kulik as Senior Reinsurance Actuary on its Broker Team.

MultiStrat, the specialist underwriter, reinsurance investment facilitator and casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) company, has hired former Securis investor relations employee Weston Tompkins as its new Executive Director of Capital Markets.

Global broker Aon and risk modelling, data and analytics specialist Moody’s Insurance Solutions have announced an expanded casualty reinsurance collaboration, with part of the goal being to help capital more efficiently allocate to casualty risk.

Aspen Capital Markets, the third-party, ILS and alternative reinsurance capital management unit of global re/insurer Aspen, generated half of the fee income earned in calendar year 2024 from managing casualty insurance and reinsurance opportunities for its investors.

Stone Ridge Asset Management, the New York based alternative risk premia focused investment manager, is set to liquidate the Post-Event Reinsurance Fund that it originally launched back in 2015, Artemis has learned from company filings.

This video features an expert panel discussing the opportunity for investors in the growing casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) space at our Artemis ILS NYC 2025 conference, which was held in New York on February 7th 2025.

At the Insurance & Reinsurance Legacy Association (IRLA) annual Congress event held in Brighton today, speakers highlighted the opportunity to innovate alongside the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market and sources of alternative capital, to provide solutions to aid in exit liquidity and support casualty ILS transactions.