Reinsurance linked investment

Ledger ILS Services Ltd. the recently formed provider of underwriting and risk management services launched by casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) marketplace and insurtech company Ledger Investing, has hired former Peak Re executive Wang Xu to lead its new Cayman Islands casualty ILS platform.

The Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance market has just reported a stellar set of results, featuring growth, a lower combined ratio, higher underwriting profit, all underscoring the health of the market and the opportunity for capital to derive returns there, so it’s no surprise speakers at our conference this week and our sources tell us the […]

New sponsors should continue to come to the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market through the remainder of 2024 and into 2025, while inflows of alternative capital are expected to continue, according to Guy Carpenter’s CEO of EMEA and Global Capital Solutions, Laurent Rousseau.

At yesterday’s Artemis London 2024 conference speakers kicked off the busy reinsurance conferencing season, with a discussion of key issues that matter to insurance-linked securities (ILS) market participants as they head into events like the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous and begin looking to end of year renewals.

The broad benchmark index for insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, the Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Index, has reported its strongest July performance on record, with ILS funds averaging 1.37% for the month.

Rating agency Moody’s has shifted its outlook on the global reinsurance sector to positive citing the improvement in risk/return dynamics in the market and saying it anticipates continued strong profitability if major losses remain absent, while also saying property reinsurance rates are expected to remain elevated.

AXA XL ILS Capital Management, the alternative reinsurance capital and insurance-linked securities (ILS) management division of AXA XL, the commercial insurance and reinsurance unit of the AXA Group, is continuing to innovate as it looks to bring returns from across risk classes to investors through aligned structures.

Catastrophe bond maturities are a significant source of liquidity and cash for the market, which is typically reinvested into new cat bond issues and as such the schedule of upcoming cat bond maturities is a key indicator for sponsors and broker-dealers, as well as cat bond investment fund managers.

CatX, a digital catastrophe and parametric risk exchange start-up, has announced an important hire for the company, bringing onboard experienced London-based reinsurance and retrocession broker Jon Wood to become the firm’s first Head of Origination.

With one day until our catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference in London on Tuesday September 3rd, this is your last chance to register. A handful of tickets are left for Artemis London 2024, so please register now if you want to join us.