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Inver Re, the global reinsurance brand of the Ardonagh Group, has announced a new Legacy Solutions unit, with the hire of former Enstar CFO Guy Bowker and hints at a capital agnostic approach that could make use of alternative capital, where solutions demand it.

R&Q, or Randall & Quilter, the non-life insurance and reinsurance legacy, run-off and program management specialist, has reported earning $9 million of fee income from its legacy insurance focused collateralised reinsurance sidecar, Gibson Re.

Rating agency AM Best has said that it expects the ownership of the Guernsey based, Credit Suisse Insurance Linked Strategies supported reinsurance company Kelvin Re Limited will change, which suggests a sale of the reinsurer to a run-off specialist, or perhaps another buyer, is close.

William Spiegel, Executive Group Chairman of Randall & Quilter (R&Q) Investment Holdings, said this morning that insurance-linked securities (ILS) markets are a target for the firms growing program management business.

Humboldt Re Ltd., one of the two Guernsey based, Credit Suisse Insurance-Linked Strategies supported rated reinsurance carriers, has now been sold to European property and casualty (P&C) run-off specialist company Marco Capital Holdings Limited.

For Randall & Quilter (R&Q) Investment Holdings, the launch of its first collateralised reinsurance sidecar vehicle today is not about changing the “recipe book”, meaning the firm’s core area of focus in the legacy space remains, according to William Spiegel, Executive Chairman of R&Q.

Randall & Quilter (R&Q) Investment Holdings, the specialist non-life insurance and reinsurance legacy investor and program manager, has announced the formation and launch of a legacy insurance focused collateralised reinsurance sidecar named Gibson Re, which is being capitalised to the tune of roughly $300 million by investors.

Randall & Quilter (R&Q) Investment Holdings, the specialist non-life insurance and reinsurance legacy investor and program manager, is proceeding with plans for a collateralised legacy P&C risk sidecar vehicle, marketing an up to $500 million structure to investors, Artemis has learned.

Randall & Quilter (R&Q) Investment Holdings, the specialist non-life insurance and reinsurance legacy investor and program manager, has novated four portfolio agreements related to ILS P&C Re, the property & casualty run-off focused insurance-linked investment fund linked to Credit Suisse and sub-advisor ILS Investment Management (ILSIM).

Catalina Re, the reinsurance arm of legacy and run-off specialist Catalina Holdings, has hired Tom Duggan, a well-known investment analyst who previously had a focus on insurance-linked securities (ILS) among the asset classes he covered.