LGT ILS Partners

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market looks particularly attractive for 2023 on the back of rising premiums and tighter control over terms and structures, leading Michael Stahel of LGT ILS Partners to call the opportunity-set “truly exciting”.

While some in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market are targeting higher risk and return opportunities, or an expansion into non-catastrophe lines of business, Michael Stahel of LGT ILS Partners believes now is the time to double-down on more remote layers of natural catastrophe risk, where the insurance and reinsurance industry benefits significantly from the capital […]

Lumen Re, the main reinsurance underwriting vehicle of LGT ILS Partners, the specialist dedicated insurance-linked securities (ILS) investments unit of the private bank and asset manager LGT Capital Partners, has taken onboard an external equity investor and named two senior appointments as it continues to build-out its platform.

Rating agency AM Best has highlighted the ongoing de-risking and re-underwriting process being undertaken by Class 3A Bermuda based reinsurer Lumen Re, which is the main reinsurance underwriting vehicle of LGT ILS Partners, the specialist dedicated insurance-linked securities (ILS) investments unit of the private bank and asset manager.

LGT Capital Partners (LGT CP), the global alternative investments specialist, is bringing a new multi-strategy alternatives investment fund offering to Australia, with insurance-linked securities (ILS) part of its portfolio.

LGT ILS Partners, the specialist dedicated insurance-linked securities (ILS) investments unit of the private bank and asset manager, has had the rating on its Class 3A reinsurance underwriting vehicle Lumen Re affirmed by AM Best.

For investors looking to access pure, short-tail property catastrophe re/insurance risk, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund format is likely the optimal solution, according to Michael Stahel, Partner at LGT ILS Partners.

The utilisation of a rated balance-sheet by an ILS fund manager can help “to smooth out” some elements for insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors, says Michael Stahel, Partner at LGT ILS Partners.

LGT ILS Partners, the specialist dedicated insurance-linked securities (ILS) investments unit of the private bank and asset manager, is considering ways to enable equity investments to be made into its rated Class 3A reinsurance underwriting vehicle Lumen Re.

Lumen Re Ltd., the rated, Bermuda domiciled Class 3A reinsurance underwriting vehicle of LGT ILS Partners, has been called out for exhibiting “significant innovation, while its capital adequacy is cited as being “strongest” by rating agency A.M. Best.