Insurance-linked investments

Despite a surge in third-party capital assets under management within its Mt. Logan Capital Management unit, driven largely by the launch of the Annapurna Re casualty reinsurance sidecar, Jim Williamson, President and CEO of Everest Group has outlined that the company doesn’t change its underwriting logic based on the availability of third-party capital.

Speaking this morning during the SCOR earnings call, CEO Thierry Léger commented on the potential for wildfire catastrophe bonds to support European re/insurers, saying that the quantity of ILS will only increase with the quality of the modelling and as there is greater understanding of the influence of climate change on the wildfire peril.

With just over one month until our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, tickets are selling fast and the Early Bird rate expires at the end of Friday this week. We have added four new expert speakers to the Artemis London 2026 website. Join us on September 1st for a full-day of […]

Mt. Logan Capital Management, Ltd. (MLCM), the Everest Group owned third-party capital management platform, has expanded its assets under management meaningfully over recent months, reaching $3.4 billion in AUM, helped by parent Everest’s launch of what was the largest casualty reinsurance sidecar to be launched in the market.

Nephila Capital’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund management revenues reported within parent Markel’s results have risen strongly by 23% in the second-quarter of 2026 and now by 30% for the first-half of the year.

In light of HCI Group’s interest in taking risk on-chain and issuing tokenized reinsurance securities through a new partnership with Oxbridge Re, Chairman and CEO Paresh Patel has highlighted how tokenized reinsurance securities have the potential to expand access to the reinsurance market by lowering investment barriers and shortening investment duration.

AXIS Capital, the global specialty insurance and reinsurance underwriter, reported another rise in fee income earned through strategic capital partner arrangements in the second-quarter of 2026, as insurance-linked securities and third-party capital activities continue to build and its Capacity Solutions capability contributes.

Speaking with Artemis, Brad Adderley, Partner at global law firm Appleby, emphasised that due to so many new sponsors venturing into the catastrophe bond space as the market continues to gain more momentum, it’s important that sponsors’ first experience in the market goes well, as he highlights that the overall process of setting up cat […]

With the first half of 2026 producing another record period of issuance in the catastrophe bond market, fueled by a staggering wave of new and returning sponsors, this showcases how the market continues to demonstrate remarkable resilience, according to Sandro Kriesch, Head of Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) at Acrisure Re Corporate Advisory & Solutions Ltd. (ARCAS).

In a recent feedback paper published by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) on tokenisation of assets regulations, the organisation has hailed its support for re/insurers using tokenised ILS contracts, in a move that is expected to drive further innovation within the digital finance space.