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Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., the specialty insurance and reinsurance group with a collateralized underwriting arm under the AdVantage strategy, has announced it is to be acquired by the Bill Ackman linked Howard Hughes Holdings, while his hedge fund Pershing Square will manage Vantage’s investment assets going forwards.

As insurance-linked securities (ILS) continues to gain momentum in Hong Kong, Stephen Yiu, JP Chairman of the Hong Kong Insurance Authority (IA) believes that the market is a “blue ocean” for Hong Kong’s insurance brokers, and an opportunity not to be missed.

We have another speaker announcement for our upcoming insurance-linked securities conference today, with four more experts added to the roster. There are only 15 Early Bird tickets left for ILS NYC 2026 after which standard tickets will go on sale. Please register now if you want to benefit from the final discounted rate.

For the sixth year running, 2025 will see over $100 billion of natural catastrophe losses covered by sources of insurance and reinsurance capital, according to Swiss Re’s Institute, with the research part of the reinsurer projecting a total of around US $107 billion for the year.

The financial regulator in Abu Dhabi is asking for stakeholder and industry feedback as it considers developing a framework to support growth of an insurance-linked securities market there, while also seeking input to a concept for a “synthetic sidecar” structure that would sit within a regulated insurance entity.

Catastrophe data aggregator PERILS has provided its first initial insurance industry loss estimate for the severe convective storms (SCS) that struck Australia’s East Coast in late October, at AU $1.108 billion (USD $736 million).

While rate decreases have persisted within catastrophe exposed property reinsurance, analysts at Amwins believe they are beginning to trend toward moderation, anticipating that any continued downward movement will likely shift to between 10% to 15% as 1/1 approaches, but also noting that underwriting standards have loosened modestly.

We are pleased to reveal the second wave of speakers for our next insurance-linked securities conference. With the Early Bird rate almost sold out for ILS NYC 2026 and with representatives of over 140 organisations already registered we encourage you to get your ticket soon if you want to secure this discounted rate.

Speaking today during Munich Re’s 2025 Investor Day event, Thomas Blunck Member of the Board of Management, explained that he considers the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market and its respective sub-segments are more vulnerable to price reductions compared to insurance and reinsurance.

Homeowners property insurance rates are falling further in catastrophe exposed Florida and Louisiana, with Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s Board of Governors recommending rate cuts for most policyholders and the Louisiana Department of Insurance announcing insurers rate decreases.