Insurance-linked investments

Challenger Life, a large Australian life and retirement income underwriter and investor, saw its insurance-linked investment allocation shrink slightly over the course of the last year, but cited higher catastrophe bond distributions as one driver of improved investment yields in the financial year.

A study undertaken by The Insurance Federation of Egypt has highlighted how the use of catastrophe bonds can help protect the country’s economy and society from natural catastrophe events, while also opening new opportunities for its insurance market.

The full agenda is now available for our upcoming catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference, Artemis London 2025. Held in London on September 2nd, the event will feature a full-day of in-depth discussion about the ILS market and valuable networking. Register to attend and join the crowd.

According to a recent report from Fitch Ratings, partnerships between North American insurers and alternative investment managers are expected to continue to keep growing over the near term, particularly through sidecars and offshore reinsurance platforms.

As per a recent report by King Ridge Capital Advisors, unlike many niche, non-credit strategies, catastrophe bonds offer diversification, differentiation and scale, which the firm suggests makes them the only non-credit income solution large enough to meet the future demands of institutional and individual investors.

An expert panel has recommended that India develops its own insurance-linked securities (ILS) regulatory regime through its International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), which would include exploring the issuance of instruments such as catastrophe bonds.

Following the completion of Brazil’s first-ever insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance earlier this year, analysts at Fitch Ratings have highlighted how the country’s ILS framework marks the beginning of a new chapter for its re/insurance market.

According to the latest projection from rating agency AM Best and broker Guy Carpenter, third-party capital deployed in reinsurance is anticipated to grow by almost 7% this year, projected to end the year at a new high of $114 billion.

Euler ILS Partners, the specialist Swiss insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, is continuing to build out analytical capabilities in the firm, with the latest hire being a new Analyst, Ivan Kleiner.

B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc, the early stage financial service private equity investor, has made an investment into a new collateralised reinsurance vehicle named Gambit Re that will provide capacity to support underwriting programs of one of its investee companies, XPT Group.