Reinsurance linked investment

AXA XL ILS Capital Management, the alternative reinsurance capital division of the commercial insurance and reinsurance unit of the AXA Group, is set to use Clearwater Analytics as a provider of investment accounting services.

The combined assets under management of the main catastrophe bond funds in the UCITS format have now surpassed $12 billion for the first time ever, nearing $12.2 billion by the end of May 2024 and now having risen by over 11% so far this year.

Cayman headquartered reinsurance company Oxbridge Re has reported that the firm’s first series of tokenized reinsurance sidecar securities have now realised a 49% return for the investors backing them, surpassing both initial and updated expectations.

Artex, the captive, alternative risk transfer, insurance-linked securities (ILS) facilitation and capital solutions subsidiary of Gallagher, has announced that its CEO Peter Mullen is to vacate that position, to become Chairman, and that Gallagher EVP Zeb Holt will transition into the CEO position from July.

Nascent Group, an insurance management and reinsurance transformer company launched by Andre Perez to reimagine the insurance-linked securities (ILS) servicing space, has now secured an insurance management license in the Cayman Islands and hired Sergio Micucci to run that operation for the firm.

Catastrophe bond funds in the UCITS format have experienced their first negative month of performance since October 2022, with the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices falling -0.30% in May 2024.

Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has announced the launch of a new Capital & Advisory group and hired Alexander Schnieders from Teneo Holdings to lead the new initiative.

Elementum Advisors, LLC, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund management and collateralized reinsurance underwriter, saw its adjusted EBITDA rise to $19 million for 2023, which was more than double the previous year, stakeholder White Mountains has said.

AM Best has now upgraded its outlook on the global reinsurance sector from stable to positive, the first time it has had a positive outlook on the market for well over a decade.

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