Reinsurance linked investment

There are now only two weeks to go until our catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference in London on Tuesday September 3rd. Tickets for Artemis London 2024 are selling fast, so please register soon if you want to attend.

Accelerant, the insurtech that helps members exchange or transfer risk more effectively and connects them with long-term capital, has appointed its first Head of Capital Markets, hiring Peter Shen for the position, an executive with experience in investment banking and insurance-linked securities (ILS).

Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP, the London-headquartered specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance linked investment manager, has launched a new catastrophe bond fund targeting investors in Australia and New Zealand, working in partnership with Bennelong Funds Management.

Speaking with Artemis after the completion of Ambac Financial Group’s acquisition of a 60% stake in Beat Capital Partners, executives John Cavanagh and Naveen Anand told us that third-party capital in general and the ILS market are seen as key capacity for the group going forwards.

Capacity is increasing across the range of private insurance-linked securities (ILS) products, as fund managers and reinsurers have benefited from new inflows to structures and investors look to access the strong reinsurance market returns that are available, rating agency AM Best has said.

Rohit Boda, the Managing Director of India-headquartered insurance and broking specialist J.B. Boda Group, has launched a new Dubai-registered company named RB Ventures, which promises to connect investors with a range of re/insurance opportunities, from insurtech venture to connecting capital and risk through alternative risk transfer structures.

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Backed by a private investment group, Northern Re is a reinsurance firm that views itself partly as a hybrid insurance-linked securities (ILS) manager, enabling its insurance company partners to access the benefits of ILS capacity without the usual contractual stipulations required by other collateralized providers, according to co-founder Peter McKelvy.

Hamilton, the Bermuda based insurance and reinsurance holding company, has been generating a helpful addition to its earnings from performance fees earned by its Ada Capital Management third-party capital platform and its Ada Re collateralized reinsurance and retrocession underwriting vehicle, in recent quarters.

With the day of the event approaching quickly, we are delighted to announce another four expert speakers for our catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference in London on Tuesday September 3rd. Tickets for Artemis London 2024 are starting to sell fast, so please register soon if you want to attend.