Reinsurance linked investment

Nectaris Re Ltd., the Class 3A Bermuda-based rated reinsurance platform backed by specialist insurance linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance investment manager Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP, continued to report solid underwriting results for a third consecutive year in 2025, according to a rating affirmation from AM Best.

The City of Zurich Pension Fund saw its investments in insurance-linked securities (ILS) strategies delivering a positive return of 6.9% in 2025, while the value of the ILS allocation rose meaningfully in the last year, to around US $1.58 billion by April 30th 2026.

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending May 17th 2026, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics. To ensure you never miss a thing subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates or get our email alerts for every article we publish.

Acceptance of insurance-linked securities (ILS) is now widespread in the reinsurance market, and as the asset class consistently proves itself as a stable partner and investor demand remains high amid attractive risk premium, Integral’s quantitative and transparent approach continues to gain traction.

Catastrophe bond issuances that have been fully settled in the market now amount to more than $10.4 billion, while the pipeline for new cat bond deals remains robust and Artemis Deal Directory data already forecasts around $14.35 billion of settled issuance by early June.

Mt. Logan Capital Management, Ltd. (MLCM), the Everest Group owned and operated third-party capital management platform, has hired experienced actuary and analytical expert Yulia Bruskova as its new Chief Analytics Officer.

After helping Schroders Capital and global reinsurer Hannover Re launch their pilot tokenisation project in 2024, i.AM Innovation Lab has used the lessons it learned to help both companies’ integration of a tokenised capability into its insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment platform, which in time will help open the door to broader investor access.

Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd., a Bermuda based specialty insurance and reinsurance company, has reported higher third-party capital fee income generated by activities under its Ada Capital Management unit in the first-quarter of 2026, while the income may continued to rise this year thanks to the recent casualty sidecar launch from the firm.

Icosa Investments AG is adding experienced insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bond investments specialist Raffaele Dell’Amore as a new Portfolio Manager for its growing Icosa Cat Bond Fund strategy, Artemis has learned.

Hiscox Capital Partners, the division of Hiscox Re that encompasses insurance-linked securities (ILS) investments and quota-share partnerships, has won a US $1 billion mandate from giant Australian investor TCorp, which is the sovereign investment manager for the New South Wales (NSW) public sector, according to a report.