News and articles about collateralized reinsurance transactions and collateralised reinsurance market trends.
Collateralised reinsurance simply refers to any fully-collateralised reinsurance transaction, be that securitised or not.
Collateralized reinsurance allows ILS funds, hedge funds, pension funds and unrated, third-party capitalised reinsurance vehicles to participate in major reinsurance programs as the contracts they write are fully-collateralised.
The collateral is put up by investors or third-party capital providers to cover in full the potential claims that could arise from the reinsurance contract.
Normally the collateral posted is equal to the full reinsurance contract limit, minus the net premiums charged for the protection.
Aeolus Capital Management Ltd., the Bermuda based reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment fund manager, grew its assets under management considerably in time for the key January renewals, lifting the total by more than 40% to reach a new high of $5.5 billion.
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Having recently filed to appear as a creditor in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of Vesttoo, international specialty insurance and reinsurance group Chaucer is now looking to protect the specific segregated cells that were used for its reinsurance transactions with the insurtech, against any leakage of value to claims made by other creditors to the […]
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Despite some tightening of spreads in catastrophe bonds, overall K2 Advisors, the hedge fund focused investment management unit of Franklin Templeton, remains overweight the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class, although finds industry-loss warranties (ILW’s) relatively less attractive at this time.
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The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is expected to remain supportive of investors in 2024, according to Twelve Capital’s Head of Investment Solutions Vittorio Sangiorgio.
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There are now over 300 attendees registered for our upcoming insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference. ILS NYC 2024 will be held in New York City on February 9th 2024, with the global ILS community set to come together for a day of thought-leadership, discussion and valuable networking.
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Analysts at J.P. Morgan say that the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is returning to health and also point out an interesting fact, that the average return of ILS funds tracked by the Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Insurance Linked Securities Fund Index in 2023 actually beat the sum of returns over the previous 9 years.
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Today, we are pleased to reveal our agenda, expert moderators and some more speakers for our upcoming insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference. ILS NYC 2024 will be held in New York City on February 9th 2024, with hundreds of attendees from the ILS community set to come together for a day of thought-leadership, discussion and valuable […]
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International specialty insurance and reinsurance group Chaucer plc, part of the China Re group of companies, has formally entered the Vesttoo bankruptcy case, filing its appearance soon after having registered a $257 million claim under the court process.
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French reinsurance company CCR Re has announced a sixth renewal of its long-standing collateralised and securitised reinsurance sidecar vehicle, 157 Re, giving away little in detail again, but saying that the retrocession market was seen as continuing to be “tight” this year.
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Today, we are announcing a fourth wave of expert speakers who will join us at our next insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference. ILS NYC 2024 will be held in New York City on February 9th 2024, with hundreds of attendees from the ILS community set to come together for a day of thought-leadership, discussion and valuable […]
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