Insurance linked securities investment manager news

As discussions begin regarding the upcoming January reinsurance renewals, the question of how disciplined ILS managers will remain on contract structures looms, with Cahal Doris, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Private ILS, at Twelve Securis suggesting that ILS managers would be wrong to give away structural improvements at 1/1.

For institutional investors and allocators, when it comes to selecting an insurance-linked securities (ILS) manager the decision needs to be based on more than just performance, with a range of factors also critical to consider, according to Lorenzo Volpi, Deputy CEO of Leadenhall Capital Partners.

Having begun the process to establish a Bermuda based insurance-linked securities (ILS) platform named Hannover Re Capital Partners, global reinsurance firm Hannover Re is having “very positive” investor conversations so far, Executive Board Member Silke Sehm said today in Monte Carlo.

Hannover Re, the global reinsurer, is establishing a Bermuda based insurance-linked securities (ILS) platform named Hannover Re Capital Partners, as it looks to round-out its offering to ILS investors and the market, while creating a new avenue to manage and deploy third-party capital to augment its business activities, we understand.

Investors often approach insurance-linked securities (ILS) as a source of “alternative beta” exposure—something that can be accessed efficiently, often via a single manager, yet, according to Gareth Abley and Jehan Sukhla, Co-Heads of Alternatives at MLC Asset Management, that approach overlooks one of the most significant and underappreciated risks in the asset class, manager implementation […]

Elementum Advisors, LLC has added new Chief Investment Officer (CIO) roles to its structure, with long-standing employees Jeff Davis and Paul Barker taking on investment oversight and responsibility for the catastrophe bond and collateralized reinsurance areas of the business, respectively.

Elementum Advisors, LLC, the alternative investment manager that specialises in collateralized natural catastrophe event reinsurance investments, has announced the launch of a new higher-yield focused, multi-investor catastrophe bond fund strategy.

Twelve Securis has been established with $8.5 billion of assets under management (AUM) making the newly branded and combined ILS manager one of the largest in the sector, after the merger of Twelve Capital and Securis Investment Partners has now completed.

According to Joseph Tolen, Senior Investment Director in the Credit Investment Group at Cambridge Associates, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market “continues to be attractive and should deliver strong returns in 2025.”

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.