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Our latest video features the third panel discussion of the day at Artemis London 2025, a session focused on the non-catastrophe opportunities in ILS, from our fourth catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference in the City of London, UK, held on September 2nd 2025.

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) of the Bank of England has published a discussion paper to gather feedback on how the UK’s insurance special purpose vehicle (ISPV) or ILS structures can play a role towards bringing in alternative capital to support life risks and reinsurance in the UK.

Hudson Structured Capital Management (HSCM), the reinsurance, insurtech, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and transportation focused investment manager, has hired life ILS portfolio management specialist Antonio Pombeiro, who joins the firm from Twelve Securis .

Artemis can reveal that specialist ILS manager Twelve Securis is the seller of a seasoned portfolio of life insurance-linked securities (ILS) that Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd. (HSCM) is acquiring through the launch of a new fund, with this deal demonstrating the increasing sophistication of market players and growing maturity of the ILS sector.

Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd. (HSCM), undertaking its reinsurance investment business through the HSCM Bermuda unit, has raised $110 million to launch a new fund named HS Sawmill LP, that has been formed to acquire a seasoned portfolio of life insurance-linked securities (ILS).

Discussing the FundedRe trend for UK life insurers and pensions to source offshore reinsurance for their risks, Vicky White, the Director for Prudential Policy at the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) of the Bank of England, has highlighted the UK ILS structure and regulatory regime as one way that patient capital could be sourced and brought […]

Farsight Partners, a specialist UK-based boutique advisory with a focus on life insurance-linked investment opportunities, has agreed a partnership with global alternative investment manager AB CarVal with up to $1 billion of life and health insurance related transactions in scope.

The Board of Directors of the Pensionskasse Basel-Stadt have elected to dissolve the pensions insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment portfolio, opting to allocate more to domestic real estate opportunities and fixed income instead.

Amid a range of promotions, Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd. (HSCM), the reinsurance, insurtech, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and transportation focused investment manager, has appointed Gokul Sudarsana as the Chief Investment Officer for HSCM’s life insurance investment strategy.

This video of the third session of the day at our recent Artemis ILS Asia 2023 conference, held in Singapore on July 13th 2023, features Stefan Kräuchi and Tim Yip of Hong Kong based ILS investment manager and advisory firm ILS Advisers, which is part of the HSZ Group, discussing the insurance-linked securities (ILS) landscape […]