Reinsurance linked investment

As market conditions soften and rate reductions accelerate, AM Best has revised its global reinsurance sector outlook to stable from positive, also cautioning that ILS capital could exert even more pressure on the market, although still viewing the situation as largely disciplined on the underwriting front.

Yesterday the news broke that global giant Zurich Insurance Group has made a number of proposals to acquire London headquartered specialty insurance and reinsurance company Beazley and it’s worth considering what this could mean for cyber, ILS and the use of third-party capital by these firms.

Former Hiscox ILS executive Aaron García Ehrhardt has now confirmed his new role being as the Head of Capital & Underwriting at Hannover Re Capital Partners (HCP), the global reinsurance firm’s recently established Bermuda-based insurance-linked securities (ILS) platform.

The ambition to establish India’s GIFT City as a hub for insurance-linked securities is gaining momentum. However, as Iain Reynolds, Head of Third-Party Capital at Peak Re, noted at the IFSCA-IRDAI-GIFT City Global Reinsurance Summit 2026 today, success requires more than just a regulatory framework, it requires a clear focus on what the regime is […]

The Florida Retirement System Pension Plan, which is administered by the Florida State Board of Administration, has benefited from very strong performance across its allocations to insurance-linked securities funds, with its assets invested in ILS now approaching $2 billion.

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Culpeper Capital Partners is looking to scale its casualty ILS presence as part of a broader move to grow the asset class over the coming years. Moving beyond its inaugural casualty sidecar with QBE Re, firm leaders revealed to Artemis that they are already building a 2026 pipeline that includes a whole-account retrocessional deal and […]

Beazley, the London headquartered specialty insurance and reinsurance company, has appointed its Head of Third-Party Capital initiatives Richard Gray as General Manager of Bermuda, which will see him leading its new cyber insurance-linked securities operations on the island.

Catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS) have transitioned from being niche alternatives to essential diversifiers, while their blend of uncorrelated event premia, low volatility, and robust risk-adjusted performance remains valuable in a landscape marked by macroeconomic uncertainty and concentration risks, says Sage Advisory Services.

A notable surge in secondary catastrophe bond market trading in the final days of 2025 suggests a “robust year-end repositioning”, according to Azimut Switzerland SA’s Isacco Loconte, who highlighted a number of key trends seen when analysing the period of more elevated cat bond market liquidity.