Insurance-linked investments

Insurance-linked securities (ILS), catastrophe bonds and collateralized reinsurance funds experienced a more stable July 2019, averaging a 0.42% return for the months, although this was below the long-term average for the month.

Randall & Quilter (R&Q) Investment Holdings, the specialist non-life insurance and reinsurance legacy investor and program manager, is continuing to explore the potential for third-party capital to assist it on undertaking larger legacy transactions.

Insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset manager Merion Square Capital LLC has announced the hiring of Jeff Fraser as its new Head of Analytics.

France headquartered global reinsurance firm SCOR is aiming to become the “reinsurance company of tomorrow” with its latest strategic plan, part of which also includes capitalising on its position in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market.

While the reinsurance sector faces a continued commoditisation of its business, alternative reinsurance capital from the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market and investor base is still “nibbling at their margins,” S&P said today.

Global asset management group Schroders has announced the hiring and appointment of ex-Tokio Millennium Re Group CEO Stephan Ruoff to its Schroder Secquaero ILS management unit.

Welcome to the Artemis ILS Asia 2019 post-conference report, in which we review the event and highlight some of the debates that took place on the day during Artemis’ third event in Asia.

As traditional reinsurance firms continue to grapple with challenging market conditions and high-levels of competition, rating agency A.M. Best notes that access to cheaper capital and inventive ways to source risk will continue to be key to the evolution of reinsurance.

Transverse Insurance Group, a new program and fronting carrier that aims to help facilitate access to risk for insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds and investors, has now received its official A- rating from A.M. Best.

Third-party reinsurance or alternative capital has become a “new norm” for reinsurers as they seek to remain competitive, meaning that so-called convergence capital from the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market will remain key.