Insurance linked securities news, ILS news

According to new survey data collected by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance companies made increased use of industry-loss warranties (ILW’s), quota share arrangements and retrocession in 2023.

We’ve learned a few more details about the new Silk Road Re Limited catastrophe bond transaction that is set to be issued out of Hong Kong, with the notes set to provide sponsor Taiping Reinsurance Company (Taiping Re) with a US $35 million source of three years of retrocessional protection.

Galapagos Capital, a global investment company headquartered in Brazil that offers a range of investment management, banking and financial services, has received pre-authorisation from the insurance regulator SUSEP to establish an issuer of Letra de Risco de Seguro (Insurance Risk Letters), which are Brazil’s own type of insurance-linked securities (ILS).

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market should become more streamlined and professionalised if mergers and acquisitions (M&A) consolidate players, which Stonybrook Capital believes can help in attracting more institutional capital to the sector.

Taiping Reinsurance Company (Taiping Re), a Hong Kong based reinsurer that is part of the state-backed China Taiping Insurance Group, is in the process of sponsoring its first catastrophe bond, with a Silk Road Re Limited transaction set to be issued out of Hong Kong, Artemis can reveal.

QBE, the Australia headquartered global insurance and reinsurance group, is now targeting reduced pricing for its first catastrophe bond sponsorship since 2013, with the spread guidance now lowered for the $250 million Bridge Street Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance, we understand.

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending December 22nd 2024, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics. To ensure you never miss a thing subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates or get our email alerts for every article we publish.

Catastrophe bond market records are falling in 2024 and set to be beaten on most fronts, with overall issuance recorded in the Artemis Deal Directory reaching a new high of almost $17.7 billion for the year, including a record $17.24 billion of Rule 144A cat bonds, driving a new end-of-year outstanding market record and cat […]

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King Ridge Capital Advisors LLC has been launched as a new insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager by sector specialists Rick Pagnani and Vijay Manghnani, Artemis understands. We’ve learned that the new company has already reached a sub-advisory agreement to take on portfolio management duties for the awaited first catastrophe bond ETF.