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The strategy of the Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) division of global reinsurance giant Swiss Re remains unchanged, according to its new Head Chris Minter, who told us the company continually reviews how it can expand its offering for investors.

As the reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market begins to look towards year-end issuance, renewals and into 2025, Chris Minter, the new Head of Swiss Re’s Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) division, told Artemis that one of the biggest challenges for ILS is the uncertainty and perception of the influence climate change may have on insured […]

Colonial First State, one of the largest Australian institutional investors, is looking to deploy some of its near US $100 billion of assets into the catastrophe bond market, according to a report from Bloomberg.

The broadly diversified portfolio of insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance investments managed by pension investment firm PGGM on behalf of end-client the Dutch pension PFZW, has returned 5.5% over the first-half of 2024.

Integral ILS Ltd., an independent alternative investment manager focused on natural catastrophe insurance and reinsurance investments, has announced the hire of Arthur Begeman in Bermuda, who joins the Integral ILS investment team as an Underwriter.

Swiss Re has appointed employee Chris Minter as the new Head of its Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) division, as incumbent to the position Philipp Rüede is departing the global reinsurance company.

Switzerland based pension fund Nest Sammelstiftung, or the Nest Collective Foundation, has highlighted the diversifying benefit of its insurance-linked securities (ILS) allocation, pointing to ILS market returns as a bright spot from 2023.

The Saskatchewan Healthcare Employees’ Pension Plan (SHEPP) saw it’s allocation to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class via managers Aeolus Capital Management and Nephila Capital deliver an impressive 26.4% return in 2023.

The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), a large Canadian institutional retirement fund, put additional capital into insurance-linked securities (ILS) in 2023, lifting its investments in the space above US $1 billion for the first time and growing them over 40% year-on-year.

Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Investment Management Ltd. (SRILIM), a specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund management unit of the global reinsurance company, has now surpassed a new milestone of more than $1 billion in assets under management (AUM).