ILS NYC 2022

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market and its capital base continues to be a disruptive force across insurance and reinsurance, with robust impacts and also benefits to the wider industry, according to executives from Truist Securities.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector continues to mature and as it does so new opportunities are presenting themselves, which senior Partners from global law firm Mayer Brown believe could help to stimulate continued market growth in ILS.

Rising interest rates, inflation, and heightened volatility across other asset classes has again brought increased attention to insurance-linked securities (ILS) as an attractive proposition, according to Lorenzo Volpi, Managing Partner at Leadenhall Capital Partners.

As Bermuda-based carrier AXIS Capital continues to leverage third-party capital to build its portfolio, the relationship between the company’s insurance and reinsurance operations is a unique opportunity for investors, according to Katie Partington, Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) of Reinsurance.

The importance of environmental, social & governance (ESG) will grow for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market and cascade through to the service provider level as well, according to HSBC executives we interviewed recently.

The cyber-attack threat is elevated this year and as the need for risk transfer grows, the re/insurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market would benefit from considering ways to formalise what losses are included under cyber ILS deals, according to Tom Johansmeyer, Head of PCS.

As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class moves forwards from a few challenging years, it’s key to deliver more predictable outcomes for the ILS investor base and to continue expanding the range of options available to them, Stephan Ruoff and Mark Gibson of Schroders Capital discussed in a recent video interview.

As Vesttoo continues to build-out its insurance-linked investment offering, the tech-focused company is establishing a collateralized insurer in Bermuda and planning to launch its first insurance-linked securities (ILS) offering, a P&C Fund, Portfolio Manager Rob Hauff told Artemis in a recent video interview

Hiscox ILS, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and collateralised reinsurance underwriting unit of specialist underwriter Hiscox Group, had a successful renewals and now targets growth in 2022, with some additional assets raised for 1/1, Vincent Prabis explained in a recent video interview.

Cyber risk modelling and data analytics will help to build a better understanding of cyber exposures across the insurance and reinsurance industry, which in time will bridge the gap to the ILS investor base on cyber risk, according to CyberCube’s Brittany Baker.