Insurance-linked investments

Caterina Technologies, Inc., a quantitative applied research and development firm building financial technology infrastructure with its initial focus on the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector, has announced the hiring of senior Swiss Re ILS focused product and strategy leader Anthony Russo.

King Ridge Capital Advisors LLC, the specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has launched its awaited UCITS exchange traded catastrophe bond fund (ETF) in partnership with UCITS ETF white-label platform provider HANetf, with the strategy already having a designated lead market maker in place.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund sector has delivered its strongest October returns on-record in 2025, as the group of ILS funds tracked by the ILS Advisers Fund Index reported an average performance for the month of 1.44%.

Despite catastrophe bond risk spreads having tightened and reinsurance rates being expected to decline at the renewals, specialist insurance-linked securities manager Twelve Securis says the relative value of the ILS asset class remains compelling for investors with structural improvements set to persist.

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.

The Brookmont Catastrophic Bond ETF is gaining momentum with a surge in trading volumes over the last two months and its assets under management (AUM) surpassing the US $25 million mark.

PGGM, the Dutch pension fund investor that invests in insurance-linked securities and reinsurance on behalf of its end-client Dutch pension PFZW, has revealed a meaningful increase in the target allocation size for its investment into the PartnerRe operated Huygens sidecar structure.

With catastrophe bond market activity having accelerated to record highs in 2025, our extensive Artemis Deal Directory has reached a new milestone, with now over $200 billion in catastrophe bonds and related insurance-linked securities tracked and analysed since its inception.

There are now attendees representing more than 110 organisations registered to join us in New York on February 6th 2026 for the tenth insurance-linked securities conference in the ILS NYC series. Early Bird tickets are running low for ILS NYC 2026, so to take advantage of what is the last discount available please register soon […]

Since the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its technical advice to the European Commission (EC) on the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive (EAD) and what that could mean for catastrophe bonds in UCITS funds, the Authority has been notably silent on the matter.