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The launch of Hiscox Capital Partners, which brings together under a single structure all the capital partnership activity that Hiscox Re has managed for nearly two decades, represents a natural evolution for Hiscox, as it allows the firm to go to market with a broader, more coherent proposition that meets capital partners where they are, […]

The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), a large Canadian institutional retirement fund, saw its investment allocation to insurance-linked securities (ILS) rising in value by approximately 9% in 2025, lifting its ILS portfolio to approximately US $1.44 billion.

UCITS catastrophe bond fund strategies delivered an average return of 0.46% for February 2026 taking their year-to-date performance to 1.00%, according to the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices.

Elementum Advisors, LLC, an alternative investment manager that specialises in collateralized natural catastrophe event reinsurance investments, has announced the promotion of employee Valerie Medelyan to the position of Chief Compliance Officer.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund sector began 2026 with an above-average January, as the average return across ILS funds tracked by the ILS Advisers Fund Index stood at 0.71% for the month.

Nephila Capital contributed an impressive $159.2 million in fund management revenues to its parent Markel in 2025, with the figure having risen 68% over the prior year and Tom Gayner, Markel CEO, said the ILS unit “delivered” for its investors as well.

Elementum Advisors, LLC, an alternative investment manager that specialises in collateralized natural catastrophe reinsurance, entered 2026 with its assets under management increased to $3.8 billion, despite stakeholder White Mountains having reduced its investment in the Elementum ILS funds again.

Third-party investor capital under management in RenaissanceRe Capital Partners range of reinsurance joint-ventures and insurance-linked securities strategies reached a new all-time high of just over $9 billion at the end of 2025, before dropping slightly as 2026 began and the manager returned profits to some investors.

Everest Group, the global insurance and reinsurance specialist, benefited from a $35 million dividend payment from its Mt. Logan Re Ltd., third-party capitalised sidecar-like structure in 2025, while also earning $7 million of income from its investment into specific Mt. Logan Re cells.

While the insurance-linked securities (ILS) business at Hiscox Capital Partners has seen its headline assets under management (AUM) figure rise, this underplays the fact deployable ILS capital has risen more thanks to returns of older capital being outpaced by new flows, and Hiscox Group’s CEO believes the deployable total will keep growing.