Reinsurance linked investment

As alternative capital continues to grow, it’s currently estimated share of 20% of the global re/insurance industry is largely an underestimation, according to Guy Carpenter’s Laurent Rousseau, who argues that current market conditions would suggest that it will increase further before it stabilises or shrinks.

The target investment allocation range for the Mt. Logan Capital Management, Ltd. quota share structure named Scenery Re has been increased for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) portfolio managed by PGGM, the Dutch pension fund investment manager, on behalf of its end-client pension PFZW.

Howden Capital Markets & Advisory (HCMA), the insurance and reinsurance broker’s investment banking and insurance-linked securities (ILS) specialist unit, has announced the hire of Adil Imani from Verisk, who joins as an ILS focused Vice President.

Insurance-linked securities investment fund strategies, across catastrophe bonds and private ILS, delivered an average return of 0.53% for the month of April 2026, according to the ILS Advisers Fund Index which saw all tracked strategies reporting so far as positive for the month.

Beazley, a large specialist insurer, has appointed Stefan Wunderlich as Head of Alternative Risk Transfer (ART), where he will take on this new responsibility alongside his existing role as Head of Parametric and will relocate to Bermuda, subject to immigration approval.

The Florida State Board of Administration, which manages allocations to insurance-linked securities funds and reinsurance strategies on behalf of the giant Florida Retirement System Pension Plan, has said it is likely to reduce its exposure to property catastrophe risk as expected mean loss returns have declined.

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Paul Barker, Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Private ILS at alternative investment manager Elementum Advisors, LLC, explores how the specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) manager positions itself within a competitive landscape, and how its approach has adapted amid an increasingly sophisticated investor base.

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Buckle, now a fronting specialist for MGA programs and previously a rideshare and gig insurance company, has become the latest to reveal issues caused by fraudulent reinsurance letters of credit linked to Vesttoo and is now suing the purported LOC provider China Construction Bank for damages.