Insurance-linked investments

As the catastrophe bond market continues to evolve, the inclusion of non-natural catastrophe risks like terrorism could become increasingly appealing to insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors seeking to optimise their portfolios, according to Man Group.

This video features an expert panel discussing finding balance for sponsors and investors in the catastrophe bond segment of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market at our Artemis ILS NYC 2025 conference, which was held in New York on February 7th 2025.

For full-year 2024, AXIS Capital ceded $323 million of prospective reinsurance premiums to its Monarch Point Re casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) platform, which was an increase of 13% over the prior year. In addition AXIS earned an increased level of fees and commissions from the ILS structure.

A new Guernsey based life and annuity focused reinsurance company named Navigate Re has been launched with Polo Insurance Managers (PIM) assistance, the goal being to channel insurance-linked returns to investors through a vehicle sponsored by alternative asset manager Erithmitic.

Hannover Re’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) market facilitation activities continued to expand in 2024, with the number of collateralised reinsurance participations fronted for investors rising, while its catastrophe bond fronting also grew to a new record level.

Brookmont Capital Management, LLC is reportedly looking at options to bring its US listed catastrophe bond ETF to Europe, which would expand the universe of investors able to allocate to the firm’s cat bond strategy.

Euler ILS Partners, the specialist Swiss insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has hired experienced capital raising specialist Alexander Loosley to its Executive Board, as Head of Capital Formation and Strategic Initiatives.

Institutional investors are increasingly turning to catastrophe bonds and other insurance-linked securities (ILS) as a reliable source of yield, diversification, and macroeconomic resilience, according to Mariagiovanna Guatteri,  CEO of Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Investment Advisors Corporation (SRILIAC).

Insurance holding company Ambac Financial Group, Inc. saw its Cirratta insurance distribution division enter 2025 with more than $1.5 billion of third-party capacity, sourced from a range of reinsurance market participants and third-party investors.

Artemis has partnered with Computershare to host a live webinar on June 17th 2025, in which our industry expert speakers will discuss conditions in the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market at mid-year 2025.