Collateralized reinsurance news

The continued scaling of alternative, or third‑party reinsurance capital further augmented property catastrophe capacity and increased competitive pressure at the January 2026 renewals, according to S&P Global Ratings, who projects that alternative capital will continue to reach new highs as it complements traditional reinsurance capital.

White Mountains has reported that its investment into the Outrigger Re collateralized reinsurance sidecar, which supports its P&C insurance and reinsurance subsidiary Ark, delivered pre-tax income of $45 million in 2025, of which $55 million was attributable to the 2025 underwriting year, partially offset by a loss of $10 million from the 2024 underwriting year.

For global insurance and reinsurance group Everest, the Mt. Logan Re third-party capital vehicle is starting off the year strong, with its assets under management surpassing $2.5 billion as of January 1, 2026, and according to Everest’s President and CEO, Jim Williamson, the vehicle is expected to take on a more prominent role in the […]

Markel Group has attributed meaningful growth in fronting by its insurance division in 2025 to the premium growth of property catastrophe programs for its insurance-linked securities management unit Nephila Capital, while ILS fee income also increased for the year.

Elementum Advisors, LLC, an alternative investment manager that specialises in collateralized natural catastrophe event reinsurance investments, has announced five promotions within its business, the most senior of which involves Andrew Lauer being promoted to Chief Operating Officer (COO).

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund sector finished 2025 on strong footing with December seeing the third-highest returns for that month on record, as both catastrophe bond funds and strategies allocating to private ILS finished the full-year with averaged double-digit returns, the ILS Advisers Fund Index shows.

Despite the softening of the reinsurance market seen at the January renewals, 2026 is still expected to be among the more profitable years in reinsurance, as still higher attachment points and improved portfolio quality will support returns, according to Euler ILS Partners, the Swiss specialist insurance-linked securities investment manager.

Speaking last week in Mumbai, India at the 2026 IFSCA-IRDAI Global Reinsurance Summit, Shri K. Rajaraman, chairman, IFSCA, highlighted how the regulator is working on a framework that would enable re/insurers to set up reinsurance sidecars in a special purpose insurance (SPI) framework, and standardise parametric solutions to attract global institutional capital.

Arundo Re, the France headquartered international reinsurer, has announced the launch of the eighth vintage of its 157 Re reinsurance sidecar, with the 2026 issuance seeing new investors supporting the structure including Mutuelle Centrale de Réassurance.

Registration of new collateralized insurer class of companies in Bermuda soared to its highest level ever in 2025, helping lift catastrophe bond and insurance-linked security (ILS) related registrations above the prior year, while new cat bond issuance structures also rose compared to 2024.