Collateralized reinsurance news

Aon has made two senior appointments within its Aon Insurance Managers arm in Bermuda, with a new Managing Director of the operation and a new Head of its White Rock activities on the island.

As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continues to reset itself after a number of years of heavy catastrophe losses, growth is likely to be more prominent in areas such as catastrophe bonds and top-layer peak peril strategies, that have displayed more consistent performance, Twelve Capital’s Marcel Grandi believes.

Investing into the Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance marketplace through its insurance-linked securities (ILS) structure has “unique capital efficiency” and Bill Cooper of TigerRisk believes the initiative could attract billions in funds from capital market investors.

Cedents are increasingly looking to diversify away from the “rhetoric” of the traditional reinsurance market and this is one of the factors causing Paul Schultz to be very constructive on catastrophe bond market development right now.

Ledger Investing, the insurance technology (insurtech) and insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused company, has made another more senior hire, adding a new Director of Capital Markets, hired from a specialist alternative asset manager.

Catastrophe bonds have been “the most successful of the children of Andrew,” and because of their greater contract certainty and performance, Michael Millette, Founder and Managing Partner of Hudson Structured Capital Management, expects more of ILS capital to shift into the bonds segment of the market.

Three factors are set to continue to drive the growth of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, the increasing institutional familiarity with the product, the correlation story continuing to be proved out and the best reinsurance market conditions in years, according to Stephan Ruoff, Schroders Capital’s Head of ILS.

While some in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market are targeting higher risk and return opportunities, or an expansion into non-catastrophe lines of business, Michael Stahel of LGT ILS Partners believes now is the time to double-down on more remote layers of natural catastrophe risk, where the insurance and reinsurance industry benefits significantly from the capital […]

Speaking in Monte Carlo today, senior executives of Swiss Re discussed the cyber reinsurance market and said while they are cautious and currently don’t see it suiting the capital markets appetite right now, they are working on ways to develop cyber risk transfer options that could be transferred to ILS investors.

In working with third-party capital investors, Vantage Risk Ltd., the almost two year’s old Bermuda headquartered insurance and reinsurance company, sees it as important to help mitigate challenges investors have faced with traditional ILS products.