hedge fund reinsurer

A new set of guidance on the treatment of passive foreign investment companies (PFICs) published at the end of last week by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and Department of the Treasury has been modified so that the active conduct test excludes insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, as well as other ILS and reinsurance securitization structures.

Arch Capital Group Ltd. looks set to secure the outright acquisition of its total-return reinsurance joint-venture Watford Re, after increasing its offer and gaining the support of key shareholder and rival bidder for Watford, legacy reinsurance solutions specialist Enstar Group.

New York based asset manager Rosh Capital Management, LP has raised $600 million from a private family office to launch Rosh Re Ltd., a Bermuda based reinsurance company that will have an investment oriented approach.

Arch Capital Group Ltd. said today that it has reached an agreement with Watford Holdings Ltd., the holding company of total-return reinsurance company Watford Re to acquire the company for $31.10 per share, that values it at roughly $622 million.

Bermuda domiciled re/insurance, run-off and legacy specialist underwriter and investor Enstar Group has made a formal approach to the board of Watford Re’s holding company to acquire the total return focused reinsurance firm.

The two Guernsey domiciled rated reinsurance vehicles managed by and backed by capital from the Credit Suisse Insurance Linked Strategies Ltd. team have had their ratings affirmed and their underwriting strategies tweaked to reduce the volatility in their results going forwards.

Kelvin Re Limited, a rated reinsurance company run by the Credit Suisse Insurance Linked Strategies Ltd. team and backed by investments from the Abu Dhabi Investment Council has taken an injection of capital to strengthen it in 2019.

Bermuda headquartered, hedge fund backed, global reinsurance firm Third Point Re has begun to benefit from its expansion into property catastrophe reinsurance underwriting, reporting a contribution to its results that helped to lower the combined ratio.

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service and Department of the Treasury has published a new set of proposed regulations relating to passive foreign investment companies (PFICs), which are relevant to many in insurance and reinsurance, but have particular relevance to certain ILS and hedge fund reinsurer strategies it seems.

Bermuda headquartered, hedge fund backed reinsurance firm Third Point Re is pivoting further away from the longer-tailed underwriting, more active investment approach of its original strategy, as it embraces catastrophe risk once again.