Life insurance-linked securities news

Challenger Life reported that its insurance-linked securities (ILS) investments, predominantly catastrophe bonds, performed in-line with their benchmark over the last year, while the company also launched a new Bermuda life and annuity reinsurance entity named Calix Re, adding a new insurance-linked dimension for the company.

Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) expects to have its first third-party capitalised life reinsurance sidecar Ruby Re fully-deployed this year and the company is already evaluating a second iteration of the structure, an executive has said.

Insurance-linked securities funds managed by specialist ILS investment manager Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP have backed an agreement to acquire the shares of Austrian life insurance specialist company austrion Life.

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) of the Bank of England has confirmed that it will continue to work with the HM Treasury on further reforms to enhance insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bond frameworks in the United Kingdom in order to amplify competitiveness within the market.

Challenger Life, a large Australian life and retirement income underwriter and investor, has reported that its investments into insurance-linked securities (ILS), which are predominantly catastrophe bonds, beat their benchmark in the last six months of record for the firm.

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).