ESG investment in insurance-linked securities (ILS)

In announcing a trading update this morning, London headquartered insurance and reinsurance firm Beazley has implied that it will double-down on property risk underwriting in the hardening market, given the “outsized returns” it anticipates will be available.

For the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, the ‘G’, or governance, within ESG, should always have been a given, as the industry needs to have strong governance around its underwriting practices, Luca Albertini, CEO of Leadenhall Capital Partners explained to Artemis.

The third session at our Artemis London 2022 conference on September 6th featured a panel discussion titled “ESG in the cat bond market. Where next?”, in which participants discussed progress on environmental, social and governance issues in the catastrophe bond marketplace.

A new preliminary prospectus for an ESG focused exchange traded fund that will invest in insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance-linked assets that have exposure to climate risk has been launched by Impact Shares, an ESG focused investment operator.

Investor interest in institutional asset classes that are environmental, social and governance (ESG) appropriate is set to increase rapidly, which will help ESG assets under management around the world expand 84% by 2026, according to a new report from PwC.

Specialist flood risk modeller Fathom, and Reask, a climate analytics firm that leverages machine learning techniques, have partnered to create new, combined wind and flood risk models for re/insurers, banks, and ESG-focused investors. Initially, this collaboration will see each company permitted to sell the other’s products and services to both new and existing clients. However, […]

Beazley has announced this morning that its Smart Tracker special purpose arrangement (SPA) syndicate 5623 will now become a full market-facing syndicate at Lloyd’s.

With environmental, social and governance principles (ESG) growing in relevance in Bermuda, Sherman Taylor, Ocorian’s Head of Capital Markets in the country, has shared his views on the matter as part of Artemis’ Q2 2022 Catastrophe Bond & ILS Market Report.

The environmental, social and governance (ESG) transparency initiative being undertaken by a leading group of Swiss-based insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment fund managers, has the potential to drive the desired change investors such as the Bank für Kirche und Caritas have been looking for, according to Tommy Piemonte.

Artemis has learned that a group of Switzerland-based insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment fund managers have been collaborating to develop a data transparency proposal to help enhance environmental, social and governance (ESG) in the ILS market.