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Bermudian reinsurance firm RenaissanceRe has promoted Matthew Neuber to the position of Corporate Treasurer, taking on the role from Aditya Dutt who remains the lead on RenRe’s Ventures business (which includes much of the firms ILS activities), as well as corporate development and M&A.

Athene Holding Ltd., the life and retirement reinsurance firm that is majority owned by Apollo, has priced a $750 million issuance of preferred shares, the proceeds of which are set to partially fund deal commitments to its new Athene Co-Invest Reinsurance Affiliate (ACRA) vehicle.

Armour Group, the Bermuda-headquartered P&C legacy or run-off reinsurance specialist and founder of ILS Investment Management (ILSIM), has announced that it has hired former Lloyd’s of London CFO as its new Group Chief Financial Officer.

Athene Holding Ltd., the life and retirement reinsurance firm that is majority owned by Apollo, has raised $1 billion of third-party capital commitments for its new Athene Co-Invest Reinsurance Affiliate (ACRA) vehicle that will enable investors to participate alongside the insurer in private deals.

Zurich headquartered insurance and reinsurance linked specialist investment fund manager Twelve Capital has taken a just over 3% equity stake in UK retirement income and insurance product provider Just Group plc.

Private equity and alternative investment specialist Apollo Global Management, LLC is reported to be out raising capital for a number of new investment funds, with as much as $5.5 billion said being raised for specific insurance-linked fund strategies.

While negative performance of ILS and collateralized reinsurance portfolios has been the talk of recent months, after the consecutive years of catastrophe loss activity, as ever performance is divergent in this market and ILS Capital Management was one of those that fared better in 2018.

Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. is changing its capital structure, adding a new $125 million credit facility, the proceeds of which will be used to redeem previous financing including private debt that ILS specialists Fermat Capital Management and Hudson Structured had invested in.

Danish registered insurance company Alpha Insurance A/S (Alpha) has been placed into solvent liquidation and told to stop underwriting, placing its portfolio into run-off, with the circumstances highlighting what could have been a risk for a €20 million private insurance debt transaction between it and investment manager Twelve Capital.

ILS, insurance and reinsurance linked investment manager Twelve Capital has acted as the sole investor across three bilateral insurance private debt transactions, taking $67 million of notes for its own portfolios from deals with Federated National, ACCC Holding Corporation and a small U.S. commercial insurer.