Insurance linked securities investment manager news

With investor sentiment across insurance-linked securities (ILS) remaining highly constructive, ILS manager Twelve Securis is aiming to preserve the resilience and clarity of its portfolios throughout 2026, while continuing to deliver stable, attractive returns within the market, executives from the firm told Artemis.

The Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Investment Advisors Corporation (SRILIAC) ILS investment management division of global reinsurance firm Swiss Re will start 2026 with a new CEO, as Leigh Weissman is being promoted to the position and Dr. Mariagiovanna Guatteri will then focus solely on leading the investment strategy as CIO.

As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continues to expand, it still offers attractive opportunities for investors, with strong results over the past few years bringing increased investor capital into ILS funds, according to Mark Gibson, Senior Investment Director at Schroders Capital.

Pillar Capital Management Limited, the Bermuda-based specialist collateralized reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has hired former SS&C employee Ken Mahadeo as Vice President, Operations.

RenaissanceRe Capital Partners, the third-party and ILS capital management division of the global reinsurance company, has added former Swiss Re executive Edward Johnson as a Senior Vice President for Business Development with responsibility across the EMEA and APAC regions.

Shuriken Capital Management LLC is launching as a new insurance-linked securities investment manager. The firm has a mandate to allocate capital to catastrophe bonds and other collateralized reinsurance or ILS instruments, while it is supported and backed by Florida-headquartered Safepoint Holdings, Inc., the parent of Safepoint Insurance Company.

SCOR Investment Partners surpassed the $5 billion milestone in terms of catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities assets under management and senior executives Sidney Rostan and Alexandre Jaegle told us they view the market outlook as positive and anticipate momentum continuing, for the sector and their own ILS investment platform.

Nephila Capital, the specialist insurance-linked securities and catastrophe reinsurance investment manager had a successful twelve months of capital raising, with its assets under management (AUM) rising by $600 million to reach $7.6 billion as of September 30th 2025, Artemis can report.

At the Hannover Re investor day this week Executive Board Member Silke Sehm explained that the establishment of Hannover Re Capital Partners unit is seen as a new sidecar business opportunity, that will help the reinsurance firm write more property catastrophe risk and earn additional fee income.

Hudson Structured Capital Management (HSCM), the reinsurance, insurtech, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and transportation focused investment manager, has hired life ILS portfolio management specialist Antonio Pombeiro, who joins the firm from Twelve Securis .