Insurance-linked investments

For the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market to expand beyond its current size, investors must be willing to partner more closely with cedents and provide solutions that address the full spectrum of their needs, rather than focusing narrowly on a single line of business, Shiv Kumar, President of GC Securities told us in an interview.

Global reinsurance firm Swiss Re has made Charles Mixon the new Head of Business Development for all insurance-linked securities (ILS) capital raising activities under the Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) division, filling a gap left by the recent departure of Edward Johnson, Artemis has learned.

The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) has published an Introduction to Insurance Investing, a concise, practitioner-focused guide to Insurance-Linked Strategies (ILS), designed to demystify the asset class while promoting transparency and informed decision-making across the institutional investment landscape.

As discussions begin regarding the upcoming January reinsurance renewals, the question of how disciplined ILS managers will remain on contract structures looms, with Cahal Doris, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Private ILS, at Twelve Securis suggesting that ILS managers would be wrong to give away structural improvements at 1/1.

Oxbridge Re Ltd., the Cayman Islands based reinsurance company, has said that two tranches of tokenized reinsurance securities that fund its collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle for 2025 remain on-track to deliver attractive returns. But the prior year vintage of the tokens appears to have been impacted by losses due to hurricane Milton.

Based on our extensive data on the catastrophe bond market it’s clear another record is coming into view. We have already tracked and listed 95 individual catastrophe bond issuances in the Artemis Deal Directory so far in 2025, which equals the full-year record set for number of deals issued and tracked by us in 2023.

As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continues to expand, Howden Capital Markets & Advisory (HCMA) expects to see a continuation of growth in the catastrophe bond space, alongside continued opportunities in property catastrophe-focused sidecars and growing interest in casualty sidecars, Mitchell Rosenberg, Global Co-Head of ILS told Artemis in an interview.

Casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) firm MultiStrat’s recent capital investment serves as a key example of how the organisation is broadening its reach to serve more investors, and explore longer-term capital relationships, Bob Forness, Chief Executive Officer of MultiStrat told Artemis in an interview.

In the wake of its announcement that Swiss Re is bringing together its insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment management operations under the Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Investment Advisors Corporation (SRILIAC) brand, Artemis spoke with senior executives from the Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) division of the reinsurance company.

Sentiment for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space is positive across all segments and there’s increasing interest from new investors and optimism around the private side of the market, while alignment and transparency remain key, according to industry experts.