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CalPERS, the largest public pension fund in the United States, ended 2025 with its investments in catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategies amounting to $1.451 billion, with allocations in place with Tangency Capital, Integral ILS and Swiss Re’s SRILIAC.

SageSure, the specialist catastrophe-exposed property managing general underwriter (MGU), has sponsored its second collateralized reinsurance sidecar, securing $200 million of protection from a Seawall Re II Ltd. transaction.

QBE, the global re/insurer, sees alternative reinsurance capital as an important lever to allow the company to deliver sustainable returns in the mid-teens, according to its CEO Andrew Horton and CFO Chris Killourhy, with recent catastrophe bond and casualty sidecar initiatives seen as early deals to help in building a profile within ILS markets.

Oxbridge Re Holdings Ltd., the Cayman Islands based reinsurance company, has confirmed its two tranche offering of tokenized reinsurance securities that will fund its collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle Oxbridge Re NS for the 2026/2027 reinsurance contract year, with 20% and 42% return targets.

Coming off a robust 2025, ILS investment manager Tangency Capital Ltd has expanded its AUM to $3.6 billion. However, while Co-Founder and CIO Michael Jedraszak remains cautious about maintaining the firm’s current growth trajectory amidst softening rates, he forecasts a steady flow of capital into the sector as long as the broader ILS space remains […]

QBE Re, the international reinsurance arm of the global insurance group, has sponsored its first casualty reinsurance sidecar vehicle, securing over $550 million in fully collateralised quota share reinsurance through George Street Re, with the transaction backed by institutional investors Culpeper Capital Partners and Calidris Investment Partners.

MS Amlin has now confirmed the expansion of its Phoenix Re securitized sidecar vehicle, lifting it to $115 million for the 2026 underwriting year, as the company continues with the insurance-linked securities strategy into its now sixth year.

Stone Ridge Asset Management, the New York based alternative risk premia focused investment manager, has reported that its two flagship mutual insurance-linked securities and reinsurance investment fund strategies delivered total returns of 33% and 14.27% for the annual period to October 31st, while combined ILS assets managed in its mutual funds surpassed $6 billion.

MS Amlin is back in the market to place securitized notes under its Phoenix Re series of collateralized reinsurance sidecar deals, with a $24.5 million tranche of notes under its Singapore registered Special Purpose Reinsurance Vehicle named Phoenix 2 Re Pte. Ltd. so far, Artemis can reveal.

Swiss Re is working on “future ideas” within its Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) division that focuses on insurance-linked securities and third-party capital management, the firm’s CEO said today. While its CFO explained more on the fact the company may need less external retrocession in 2026.