Insurance linked securities news, ILS news

From January 2026, Marsh McLennan will change its brand name to Marsh and its reinsurance broking arm Guy Carpenter will go to market after a transition period as Marsh Re from 2027. It’s not yet clear what this means for the specialist capital markets, investment banking and insurance-linked securities (ILS) broker-dealer arm GC Securities.

Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions, the more hedge fund focused part of the global asset manager, has maintained its strongly overweight conviction on the catastrophe bond asset class, while adopting a neutral stance on all other insurance-linked securities (ILS).

During a panel discussion at the ILS Bermuda Convergence 2025 conference yesterday, speakers were asked to discuss what they’ve seen in the way of improvements in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class over the last five years, with the institutionalisation of ILS and continuing efforts in educating investors both seen as key.

Rest Super, one of the Australian superannuation funds that has around 2 million members and $100 billion in funds under management, has grown its insurance-linked securities (ILS) allocation to catastrophe bonds through ILS manager Twelve Securis over the last year to around US $242 million.

Ledger Investing, the insurance technology (insurtech) and insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused company, has announced the hiring of Ryan Saul as Managing Director, Reinsurance and Capital Markets at Ledger Capital Markets, LLC.

USAA has increased the target size for its new catastrophe bond with now $400 million in multi-peril per-occurrence catastrophe reinsurance protection sought from the Residential Reinsurance 2025 Limited (Series 2025-2) deal, Artemis has learned.

According to a new report from King Ridge Capital Advisors LLC, the specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, casualty ILS is gaining traction with investors familiar with private credit structures, while also offering diversification away from credit-linked risks.

As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) industry meets in Bermuda over the next few days at the 2025 edition of the ILS Bermuda Convergence event, the organisers believe that the island is “uniquely positioned to host next-generation risk financing solutions” with its deep connectivity between reinsurance and ILS capital markets.

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT), the global quantitative and systematic investment manager, has made another hire for its insurance-linked securities (ILS) team, adding Dr. John Ery an experienced ILS portfolio manager from reinsurance firm SI Re, Artemis has learned.

Covéa Group, the French mutual insurer, has returned to the catastrophe bond market for its fifth cat bond deal, seeking €200 million or greater in fully-collateralized reinsurance protection with this Hexagon IV Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance targeting expanded coverage in both occurrence and aggregate formats, Artemis understands.