Reinsurance linked investment

PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited has now reported that its new US $12 million issuance of insurance-linked securities under its Great Wall Re Limited special purpose insurer is actually a quota share reinsurance sidecar, the first in Hong Kong, designed to provide protection to its offshore wind power property insurance book on the Chinese […]

Casualty insurance-linked securities transactions are complex and require strong alignment, which makes finding strategic partners and understanding their motivations key, while at the same time given the complexity of arrangements such as casualty sidecars, realistic timelines are important, Philippe Trahan of Calidris Investment Partners said yesterday.

At the ILS Bermuda Convergence 2026 conference today, Karen Clark, CEO and Co-founder of catastrophe risk modelling specialist Karen Clark & Company, urged the insurance-linked securities community and its investors to ask for alternative model views to be included in the deal flow that comes to market.

Specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP is monitoring investor appetite for different ILS products, while leveraging artificial intelligence to increase productivity and improve its risk analysis, CEO Luca Albertini told Artemis.

Captives are rapidly evolving from risk retention vehicles into strategic capital access platforms, which in turn is beginning to attract third-party capital, according to broker Aon, who emphasises that captive owners are increasingly partnering with external investors to unlock capacity that supports growth initiatives and long-term resilience.

While the industry has spent considerable time implementing ways that capital enters ILS vehicles, the mechanism for how it exits has often been treated as an afterthought. Artex Capital Solutions is dedicating effort towards building vehicles that provide a clear entry and a clear exit, with CEO Kathleen Faries emphasising that delivering clarity at the […]

Given most traditional alternative investments rely on the same economic drivers as the broader market, ILS highly differs because its returns are tied to natural catastrophe or insurance events rather than economic cycles, which leads Sage Advisory Services to say that investing in insurance-linked securities can achieve genuine diversification.

Pillar Capital Management, the Bermuda-based specialist collateralized reinsurance and insurance-linked securities investment fund manager, has secured a new high-profile backer as managing general underwriter SageSure has made a strategic investment in the company.

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending October 11th 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.

The U.S. life settlement market is poised for long-term expansion extending through 2035 as investor demand for low-correlated alternative assets converges with an aging population, growing retirement and long-term care funding needs, and broader direct-to-consumer awareness, a new study by investment management consultancy Conning has revealed.