News and articles about collateralized reinsurance transactions and collateralised reinsurance market trends.
Collateralised reinsurance simply refers to any fully-collateralised reinsurance transaction, be that securitised or not.
Collateralized reinsurance allows ILS funds, hedge funds, pension funds and unrated, third-party capitalised reinsurance vehicles to participate in major reinsurance programs as the contracts they write are fully-collateralised.
The collateral is put up by investors or third-party capital providers to cover in full the potential claims that could arise from the reinsurance contract.
Normally the collateral posted is equal to the full reinsurance contract limit, minus the net premiums charged for the protection.
Aeolus Capital Management Ltd., the specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance investment manager, has announced a series of key promotions across its underwriting, reinsurance, retro, finance, legal, and operational teams.
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According to Kevin O’Donnell, CEO of RenaissanceRe, the reinsurer’s third-party capital and insurance-linked securities management unit, RenaissanceRe Capital Partners, is experiencing more capital interest in its collateralized vehicles than it can accommodate within its structures.
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Ascot Group, the specialist global re/insurance underwriter, has hired former Aspen Capital Markets executive James Lee as President of its dedicated third-party reinsurance capital management division Leadline Capital Partners.
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As the date of our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference approaches, we have added four more expert speakers to the Artemis London 2026 website. Join us on September 1st for a full-day of in-depth ILS market discussion and valuable networking. Register to attend the conference here.
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As the global financial services sector is currently undergoing a transitional shift which sees stablecoins moving from niche instruments into a key system of institutional finance, the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has outlined how the island’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector is well placed to benefit from this form of cryptocurrency.
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Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions, the hedge fund-focused arm of the global asset manager, has updated its stance on catastrophe bonds from ‘overweight’ to ‘strongly overweight’ for Q3 2026, citing the asset class’s attractiveness, while its stance on other ILS remains unchanged at ‘neutral’
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Bermuda again saw strong registration numbers of new catastrophe bond, insurance-linked security (ILS) and alternative or third-party reinsurance capital related entities in the first-half of 2026 and while the total dropped slightly compared to the prior year, first-time cat bond market entrants bolstered the total.
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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.
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Bamboo Ide8 Insurance Services, LLC, a data-driven insurance distribution platform, has finalised a multi-year sidecar transaction through Greenshoots Re, the first MGA-sponsored sidecar. The deal supports Bamboo’s new California admitted programme with MS Transverse.
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A new restricted special purpose insurer (SPI) named Huygens Re Ltd. has been established in Bermuda, which we understand will become the dedicated structure for the insurance-linked securities investment into a quota share with reinsurance firm PartnerRe for PGGM, the Dutch pension fund investor.
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