Collateralized reinsurance news

Today we are delighted to announce the first wave of speakers for our next insurance-linked securities conference. Tickets continue to sell fast for ILS NYC 2026 and with representatives of over 100 organisations already registered we anticipate the Early Bird rate will sell out ahead of schedule, so please get your ticket soon to secure […]

With collateralized reinsurance emerging as a key tool for insurers seeking greater flexibility and access to alternative forms of capital, the industry’s focus should be on expanding the overall market for protection, drawing on all types of capital to meet rising demand, Chris McKeown of Vantage Risk told us in an interview.

Another new private catastrophe bond issuance from the Eclipse Re Ltd. transformer vehicle has come to light, the eighth from the platform in 2025 so far. At $100 million in size, this Eclipse Re Ltd. (Series 2025-8A) cat bond lite has become the biggest from the issuer this year.

Aspen Capital Markets, the third-party, ILS and alternative reinsurance capital management unit of global re/insurer Aspen, has continued to expand its business throughout the first nine months of 2025 with fee income generated by the unit increasing by 30% to $146 million.

During the second-quarter of this year, White Mountains renewed its investment commitment to a collateralized reinsurance structure that provides sidecar-like support to managing general agent (MGA) Bamboo, but the size of the commitment has decreased as Bamboo now has growing third-party reinsurance support.

With the key January renewals approaching, two notable provisions have seen a re-emergence within the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market: Claw-Back and Top-Up, both of which may seem straightforward but require careful structuring and clear language, according to Andre Perez, CEO of Nascent Group, the technology-driven financial service provider.

Mt. Logan Re Ltd., the third-party capitalised sidecar-like structure operated by Everest Group’s Mt. Logan Capital Management unit, has received slightly less in written premiums from its parent through the first nine months of 2025.

Global reinsurance giant Hannover Re reported its third-quarter and nine month results today and perhaps the most notable aspect of them for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) community is that the company has reported a slight shrinking in the amount of its large losses ceded to insurance-linked securities (ILS) capital sources.

There are now only three months until Artemis returns to New York on February 6th 2026 for the tenth insurance-linked securities conference in the ILS NYC series. Around one-third of tickets are already sold for ILS NYC 2026, but the Early Bird rate is still available and we wanted to give an idea of who […]

After the third-quarter of 2025, White Mountains has reported that its investment into the Outrigger Re collateralized reinsurance sidecar that supports its P&C insurance and reinsurance subsidiary Ark has generated pre-tax income of $40 million from the current underwriting year, up on last year.