K-Cessions

Global reinsurance firm Hannover Re has increased the size of its regular K-Cession capital markets retrocession placement to $600 million for 2018, as the reinsurer continued to leverage ILS funding as a source of protection and to augment its own capacity.

At the key January 1st 2017 reinsurance renewals Hannover Re increased its use of third-party retrocession capacity via its K-Cessions sidecar vehicle, purchased additional catastrophe retrocession protection, and also reported growth in its structured reinsurance business as demand spiked.

For German reinsurer Hannover Re, the K-Cessions quota share retro reinsurance sidecar facility is “the backbone of our retrocession program” according to Henning Ludolphs, the reinsurers Managing Director for Retrocessions & Capital Markets.