Insurance linked securities news, ILS news

Speaking to Artemis from the SCOR lounge in Monte Carlo, Jean-Paul Conoscente, chief executive of SCOR Global P&C, outlined the company’s ambitious plans to place ILS at the heart of the business.

Insurance and reinsurance group Argo has again elected to extend the maturity date further on its at-risk aggregate multi-peril catastrophe bond Loma Reinsurance (Bermuda) Ltd. (Series 2013-1).

The prolonged low interest rate environment will maintain the focus on underwriting profitability as the industry moves towards the 1 January 2020 renewals, thinks Mike Van Slooten, Head of Business Intelligence, Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions.

Insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bond issuance is likely to “materially increase” over the next nine months, according to Jean-Louis Monnier, Head of Retro & ILS Structuring and Origination at global reinsurance firm Swiss Re.

Blerina Essen, the Managing Director of UK-based lottery provider MyLotto24 and someone who worked on and sponsored some of the earliest lottery jackpot insurance-linked securities (ILS) transactions, is to consult and advise to gaming services provider RISQ on reinsurance and hedging.

The availability of advanced data analytics is expected to increase and in some instances, this could accelerate the broadening of risks that are placeable in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, says Swiss Re’s Global Head of P&C Solutions, Eric Schuh.

Mark-to-market losses to some hurricane Dorian exposed catastrophe bonds is set to dent August for a number of pure cat bond fund strategies, as end of month marks did not factor in the changes in forecast path.

The amount of insurance-linked securities (ILS) and collateralised reinsurance collateral trapped after the 2017 and 2018 catastrophe losses has begun to shrink in 2019, with the overall amount trapped having declined by as much as 10% since its peak, estimates show.

How transparent are ILS funds being when they factor in trapped collateral into their estimated returns? This was the question posed by Darren Redhead, chief executive of Lancashire-owned Kinesis Capital Management when he spoke to Artemis on the eve of the Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo.

Specialist ILS fund manager Twelve Capital has announced a new partnership with Sydney based capital advisory and fund placement consultancy based Allen Partners, to help in expanding its distribution reach into Australia and New Zealand.