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Nephila to name Maria Rapin sole CEO of Nephila Climate unit
Nephila Climate, the weather and climate risk and reinsurance focused unit of the largest insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund manager Nephila Capital, has named Maria Rapin as its sole CEO. Rapin, who has worked at Nephila Capital since 2015, was most recently a Co-CEO of the Nephila Climate unit, alongside fellow Co-CEO read the full article →
New ILS products critical to a more sustainable economy: Nephila’s Schauble
The use of advanced technologies alongside thoughtful risk capacity to create new products that support a more sustainable world and improved risk taking is vital, according to Barney Schauble, Head of Labs at Nephila Advisors. The universe of responsible and sustainable investors is on the rise with participants in many global read the full article →
Nephila delays launch of new specialty Lloyd’s syndicate 2358
Nephila Capital, the largest dedicated manager of insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance linked investment funds, told us it is delaying the launch of its new specialty line focused Lloyd's syndicate 2358. Sources had told us the launch was likely to slip, as Nephila Capital lined up all of the necessary capital read the full article →
ESG opportunity can be meaningful for ILS: Nephila’s Schauble, ILS NYC 2021
Today, there’s a significant amount of capital looking to be deployed in an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) friendly way, which represents a material opportunity for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class, says Barney Schauble, Head of Labs at Nephila Advisors. Day two of our fifth annual and first virtual ILS read the full article →
Nephila attracts $1bn+ inflows, launches ESG & Lloyd’s ILS fund strategies
Nephila Capital, the largest dedicated manager of insurance and reinsurance linked investment funds and assets, is expected to benefit from growing investor interest in the sector, with inflows of more than $1 billion anticipated in 2021, according to Markel Corporation executives. Having returned to growth, in terms of assets under management, read the full article →
Nephila AuM returns to growth as ILS profits rise for Markel in Q4
The operations of the largest dedicated insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund manager, Nephila Capital, delivered higher revenues to parent Markel Corporation in 2020, thanks to expansion and growth of its managing general agent (MGA) platform and a return to growth in assets under management (AuM), which hit $9.6 billion. In reporting its read the full article →
Nephila & AGCS back innovative solar project weather risk transfer
Nephila Climate, the climate solutions are of ILS fund manager Nephila Capital, and the Capital Solutions unit of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), have again come together to provide a risk transfer solution to support a renewable energy project construction financing. It's the first time a so-called proxy generation Power read the full article →
Nephila gets allocation from Blackstone multi-strategy fund
Nephila Capital, the largest dedicated manager of insurance and reinsurance linked securities, has been given an allocation for its sub-advisory role on one of giant asset manager Blackstone Group's multi-strategy investment funds. Nephila Capital has been a sub-advisor to the Blackstone Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund for a number of years, but hasn't read the full article →
Nephila Capital gets $100m investment from New Jersey state pension
Nephila Capital, the largest dedicated manager of insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe or weather exposed insurance and reinsurance assets, has won a $100 million allocation from the state of New Jersey Division of Investment, a manager of state pension funds. The New Jersey Division of Investment manages the retirement benefits of read the full article →
Markel’s ILS revenues fall on lower fee income at Nephila
Evidence of third-quarter 2020 catastrophe loss impacts and trapped capital are seen in Markel Corporation's third-quarter 2020 results, as the company reported reduced revenues from its insurance-linked securities (ILS) operations, primarily due to a decline in management fee income at Nephila Capital for the period. Nephila Capital, the largest dedicated insurance-linked read the full article →
