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Juniper Re, the specialist reinsurance broking arm of The Baldwin Group, has expanded the role of 35-year insurance veteran Mory Katz to Head of Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) Casualty and Legacy.

Executives from Enstar, one of the largest legacy and run-off reinsurance specialists in the world, told Artemis that they are seeing strong interest for its solutions from the insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds sector, as managers seek mechanisms to provide liquidity to their investors.

Buyers and sellers are energised by the opportunity to unlock long-tail casualty risk through insurance-linked securities (ILS), with this momentum driving a broader transformation in the legacy reinsurance market, shifting it from one-off liability transfers toward long-term, strategic partnerships, according to Howden Re.

As PwC released its sixteenth Global Insurance Run-Off Survey report today, we took a look at what the legacy reinsurance sector is saying about the growing use of alternative capital in the space, as well as how legacy solutions are now serving insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds and investors as well.

Enstar, one of the largest legacy and run-off reinsurance specialists in the world, has launched its first direct third-party capital play, a $300 million casualty reinsurance sidecar named Scaur Hill Re Ltd. which is backed by a number of institutional investors, Artemis has learned.

Fleming Insurance Holdings, a capital solutions provider with a casualty focused insurance-linked securities (ILS) offering, has launched a new technology and AI-analytics platform named REvolve™, that it says facilitates smooth, recurring transfer of liabilities and enhances its casualty ILS offering.

As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continues to evolve, one of the most significant emerging areas is casualty ILS, and Jag Jass, Partner, Retrospective at reinsurance broker Augment Risk, argues that every casualty ILS transaction should also include built-in exit options with the legacy market to help expand and deepen that base.

At the Insurance & Reinsurance Legacy Association (IRLA) annual Congress event held in Brighton today, speakers highlighted the opportunity to innovate alongside the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market and sources of alternative capital, to provide solutions to aid in exit liquidity and support casualty ILS transactions.

Enstar, the legacy and run-off reinsurance specialist, has said that it acquired a Bermuda based Class 3B reinsurer in its most recently announced legacy transaction focused on property insurance-linked securities (ILS), for approximately $46 million.

According to PwC, the legacy insurance and reinsurance market continues to evolve, as highlighted by insurance-linked securities (ILS) transactions announced by legacy and run-off reinsurance specialist Enstar in the second half of 2024, while the firm also suggests that the convergence of traditional legacy and ILS “could be a source of future deal flow in […]