Collateralized reinsurance news

There is now less than a fortnight until our first insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference held in the UK. Over 200 people are now registered for the event but some tickets are still available for Artemis London 2022, which is taking place on September 6th 2022.

Accelerant, the insurtech that aims to help its members exchange and transfer risk more effectively and also connect them with long-term capital, has launched a $175 million reinsurance sidecar structure named Flywheel Re.

The era of catastrophe-focused traditional reinsurers appears to be over, rating agency AM Best announced today, as the pulling-back continues in some quarters, while the addition of more diversifying lines of business accelerates among once cat-specialist US and Bermuda based reinsurance firms.

The market for retrocessional reinsurance lacks competition and this has been a factor in rapidly rising prices for that type of protection, broking group Gallagher Re has suggested.

Today we’ve published the full agenda for first insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference held in the UK. Tickets are still on-sale for Artemis London 2022, which is taking place on September 6th 2022, just before the industry heads to Monaco for the RVS.

Insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors remain very selective about opportunities to allocate capital still, with loss creep issues still fresh in the memory, as well continued fears of volatile loss experienced and trapped capital, AM Best has said.

While the insurance-linked securities (ILS) industry cannot avoid inflationary effects completely, the structures utilised have some tools embedded that allow ILS managers to tame the effects of inflation on their portfolios, according to Dirk Lohmann, Chairman, Schroders Capital ILS.

Ledger Investing, the insurance technology (insurtech) and insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused company, has appointed its first Chief Actuary, taking Anand Khare from insurer Chubb.

Having been acquired by New York headquartered financial services group Cowen, the Guernsey based, previously Credit Suisse Insurance Linked Strategies supported reinsurance company Kelvin Re Limited remains under review, from a ratings perspective, given uncertainty related to its parent and the eventual strategy it will take.

Tickets are still on-sale for Artemis London 2022, our first insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference held in the UK, which is taking place on September 6th 2022, just before the industry heads to Monaco for the RVS.