Insurance linked securities news, ILS news

RenaissanceRe Capital Partners, the third-party capital management and insurance-linked securities (ILS) unit of Bermuda-headquartered reinsurance firm RenaissanceRe (RenRe), hired Lucy Briggs as Vice President and Head of Risk earlier this year.

According to CEO Jay Madhu, investors in the collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle of Oxbridge Re Ltd., the Cayman Islands based reinsurance firm, earned a 17% return for the year to end of May 2021.

Computershare, an Australia headquartered banking, transfer agent and investor services provider, has acquired expertise in reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) collateral trusts, having purchased the Wells Fargo US Corporate Trust Business.

In order to develop India’s International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) into a competitive global insurance and reinsurance hub, a committee has advised that offering regulated frameworks for insurance-linked securities (ILS) such as catastrophe bonds is critical.

Climate change and providing risk transfer products to protect against its effects and to aid the world’s climate transition, is the biggest single environmental, social and governance (ESG) related attribute and opportunity for the worlds non-life insurance and reinsurance industry, according to analysts at investment bank Jefferies.

Strategic Risk Solutions, Inc., an independent provider of insurance, reinsurance and captive management and consulting services, has acquired a segregated cell company in Barbados, increasing its range of options for those looking for structures to support insurance and reinsurance related transactions.

Robus, an insurance management, fiduciary and financial advisory firm that is part of the wider Ardonagh insurance and reinsurance Group, has received a green ESG kitemark accreditation for both its Protected Cell Company (PCC) and Incorporated Cell Company (ICC).

Underwriting firm Chaucer has highlighted unpredictable patterns in weather, citing the fact that now some 16% of hurricanes, tropical storms and depressions hit northern US states, compared to just 12% 40 years ago.

According to a study undertaken by Aon’s UK Capital Advisory team alongside the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA), some syndicates at Lloyd’s have been frustrated by the LCM5 catastrophe controls, while not every player has an appetite for third-party capital or to use the London Bridge Risk PCC ILS structure.

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has declared La Niña conditions for the Pacific ocean, highlighting that the event could cause weather impacts in Australia and more widely, which has ramifications for insurance and reinsurance market interests.