Collateralized reinsurance news

Today, we are delighted to reveal the full agenda for our upcoming catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference. Artemis ILS NYC 2025 is being held in New York on February 7th. Tickets are still available but selling fast, so please register soon to ensure you can join us at the event.

Amundi US Investment Management has reported that its Pioneer CAT Bond Fund strategy delivered a 14.27% return in the year to October 31st 2024, while assets under management in the strategy have continued to expand through the end of the year.

Elementum Advisors, LLC, the alternative investment manager that specialises in collateralized natural catastrophe event reinsurance investments, has unveiled a new strategy that enhances the firm’s higher-yield strategy complement.

Polo Insurance Managers (PIM), an independent, licensed insurance manager within the PoloWorks group, has launched Clockwork Re, a newly established Category 4 Commercial General Reinsurer backed by third-party capital and with a collateralised business remit, based in Guernsey. 

Northern Reinsurance SPC, Ltd. (Northern Re), a collateralized reinsurance company with a focus on providing investors access to the returns of its long-tail casualty underwriting business, has announced the hiring of former Munich Re executive Amin Touahri as it looks to advance its casualty ILS strategy.

We are delighted to reveal the final wave of speakers for our upcoming catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference. Artemis ILS NYC 2025 is being held in New York on February 7th. Tickets are still available but selling fast, so please register soon to ensure you can join us at the event.

Insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund managers delivered another positive month of returns to their investors in November 2024, with the average return of the Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Index reaching 1.03% on the back of positive returns for each of the 26 ILS fund strategies it tracks.

Ark Insurance Holdings Limited, a property and casualty insurance and reinsurance subsidiary of the White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., has successfully sponsored a renewal of its collateralized reinsurance sidecar Outrigger Re Ltd. for the 2025 calendar year, but at a slightly smaller size than seen in 2024.

Insurance and reinsurance broker Howden’s capital markets and insurance-linked securities (ILS) specialist unit, Howden Capital Markets & Advisory (HCMA), has hired Paul Poschmann from Gallagher Re as Vice President as it continues to expand in Europe.

CCR Re, the France headquartered international reinsurance company, has announced the successful renewal and launch of a seventh sidecar in the 157 Re series of deals, which for 2025 sees the addition of a new feature to enable more efficient reuse of collateral between sidecar vintages.