Insurance-linked investments

As climate-driven disasters continue to intensify globally, insurance-linked securities (ILS) are being positioned not only as a source of uncorrelated returns but as essential social infrastructure, according to Gareth Abley and Jehan Sukhla, Co-Heads of Alternatives at MLC Asset Management.

As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continues to evolve, one of the most significant emerging areas is casualty ILS, and Jag Jass, Partner, Retrospective at reinsurance broker Augment Risk, argues that every casualty ILS transaction should also include built-in exit options with the legacy market to help expand and deepen that base.

Siena Capital Group, LLC has announced that it has appointed Mathys Baldacchino as Director of Research and Development, as the firm continues to expand its leadership team since its establishment earlier this year.

The market for aggregate reinsurance coverage remains “fraught” with a wide gap between bid and ask, Greg Hendrick, President and CEO of Vantage Risk has explained, but his firm still finds opportunity in that area of coverage, deploying capital through its AdVantage collateralized insurer class of company in 2025.

Today we are delighted to announce another wave of expert speakers who will join 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 here.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has returned in recent years, with meaningful investor interest being seen again. But the ILS market has resurged in a much healthier way and the expectation is it will remain more balanced with the rest of reinsurance, according to Jim Williamson, President and CEO, Everest Group.

A bank transfer has been highlighted in an ongoing Vesttoo fraud legal case, showing $4 million in funds sent to a China Construction Bank account in the name of Yu Po Holdings, the entity that was purported to have been the main investor providing collateral behind reinsurance deals where letters of credit (LOC) proved to […]

Shifting U.S. trade and immigration policies are introducing a new, unmodeled layer of risk for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, according to Jack Burdick, Senior Associate at investment manager Neuberger Berman.

Members Capital Management Limited (MembersCap), the Bermuda-regulated investment manager, launched its first tokenised insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund, MCM Fund I on the Archax digital asset exchange, marking a notable milestone in bridging institutional reinsurance and blockchain-based finance.

We’ve learned of a new $25 million Eclipse Re Ltd. (Series 2025-2A) private catastrophe bond arrangement, which is the first issuance from the Eclipse Re platform that we have reported on this year.