Insurance-linked investments

At Artemis’ ILS NYC 2025 conference, a high-profile panel of industry figures discussed how the maturing catastrophe bond market can better navigate capacity crunches, volatility, and communication gaps as it continues to grow at record pace.

The Swiss GastroSocial pension fund has invested 2% of its roughly CHF 11 billion of assets under management into insurance-linked securities (ILS), as it adopted a new investment strategy in 2025 with a more significant focus on private assets.

Super Early Bird tickets are running low for our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, Artemis London 2025. To join us in London on September 2nd, for a full-day of in-depth discussion about the ILS market and valuable networking, register to attend here.

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), a long-standing pension investor in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, has promoted Shavir Nagarwalla to the role of Managing Director, Head of Hedge Funds and Insurance Linked Securities.

Amid ongoing market volatility institutional investors are increasingly turning to catastrophe bonds as a way to strengthen portfolio resilience, with the diversification they offer a valuable tool during times of turbulence, according to cat bond fund manager Icosa Investments AG.

Blackstone Alternative Asset Management, the hedge fund solutions unit of Blackstone, has made the first direct catastrophe bond investment for one of its flagship muti-strat alternatives funds recently.

As investors consider their options post the US Liberation Day tariff’s announcement and resulting volatility, investment giant KKR anticipates the traditional 60/40 stock and bond portfolio split will be reimagined, with the firm’s Henry McVey suggesting the addition of insurance as an asset class for its diversification benefits.

At Artemis’ ILS NYC 2025 conference, a high-profile panel of industry leaders highlighted the growing potential of parametric insurance-linked securities (ILS) to reshape risk transfer markets.

As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season nears, Schroders Capital’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) team is cautioning investors against overreacting to early-season forecasts, with Mark Gibson from the company highlighting the need for a continued focus on risk fundamentals and portfolio diversification.

Efficiently structured insurance-linked securities (ILS) transactions are playing a pivotal role in reducing capital costs for re/insurers, according to risk capital and reinsurance solutions broking firm Augment Risk.