Insurance-linked investments

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.

Nectaris Re Ltd., the Class 3A Bermuda-based rated reinsurance platform backed by specialist insurance linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance related investments manager Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP, has reported solid underwriting results again for 2024, according the latest rating affirmation from AM Best.

You can now register to attend our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, Artemis London 2025. We return to London on September 2nd, for another full-day of in-depth discussion and debate about the ILS market, as well as valuable networking. Register to attend here.

Siena Capital Group, LLC, a private investment office with a focus on special situations and that counts former Gallagher Securities trading and distribution specialist Jack Stone as a Partner, is targeting the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market with a plan to launch a daily pricing platform later this year.

Stone Ridge Asset Management, the New York based alternative risk premia focused investment manager, is set to liquidate the Post-Event Reinsurance Fund that it originally launched back in 2015, Artemis has learned from company filings.

European insurers accelerated their use of subordinated debt markets in the first quarter of 2025, with issuance volumes hitting their highest Q1 level in 14 years, according to specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) manager Twelve Securis.

Vantage Risk, the Bermuda headquartered insurance and reinsurance company, has appointed Steve Fales as Senior Vice President, Investor Relations within its partner capital business, effective immediately.

Calidris Investment Partners has been launched as a Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance opportunities focused investment start-up by former Ontario Teachers’ insurance-linked securities (ILS) specialist Philippe Trahan and former Blackstone insurance transaction specialist Daniel Miller.