Reinsurance linked investment

Speaking in Monte Carlo today at a S&P Global Ratings briefing during the annual reinsurance event, Maren Josefs, Credit Analyst at S&P Global, said it may be time to rethink the name alternative capital, as it was really always designed to complement the traditional reinsurance market and in recent years has become increasingly aligned and […]

Speaking today at a briefing held in Monte Carlo at the Rendez-vous event, Fitch Ratings analysts said the expectation is that property catastrophe reinsurance rates will keep softening and attachments may decline somewhat, but through this they anticipate discipline from the ILS investor base.

RenaissanceRe, the Bermuda headquartered reinsurance company and third-party capital manager, has announced the expansion of Adria Da Breo Richards’ role to include management of its Property Cat Assumed Retro portfolio, alongside her current role overseeing property catastrophe reinsurance portfolios for global clients.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has reached a healthier equilibrium, but it is essential to preserve the balance between ensuring cedents are robustly supported and investors are appropriately awarded for putting their capital at risk, Luca Albertini, CEO of Leadenhall Capital Partners told Artemis.

Swiss Re has highlighted the capital efficiency that a modern and layered risk transfer architecture brings to the property and casualty insurance market, seeing the capital markets and investors as now key elements in a chain that is supporting growing volumes of global risks.

Ryan Specialty, the international insurance group, has launched a collateralized reinsurance sidecar named Ryan Alternative Capital Re, Ltd. alongside re/insurer AXIS Capital and raised approximately $400 million to fund the structure thanks to backing from investment firms Flexpoint Ford, LLC and Sixth Street.

Thanks to the development of well-structured and innovative solutions, the market for casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) is growing and reinsurance broker Ecclesia Re sees the link between casualty risk and the capital markets as now much more than just a theory.

Lloyd’s specialist Apollo has been approved to launch a sidecar-style syndicate in the market, a strategic move that highlights a desire to enhance reinsurance efficiency and to extract more value from the insurance business underwritten through its platform, for its capital partners and itself.

As traditional reinsurance capacity continues to tighten and prices rise, alternative solutions are stepping into the spotlight, with collateralized reinsurance particularly emerging as a key tool for insurers seeking flexibility and balance sheet efficiency, according to Anthony and Peter McKelvy, co-founders of Northern Re.

MultiStrat, the specialist underwriter, reinsurance investment facilitator and casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) company, is accelerating its expansion having secured a new capital investment by a large institutional asset manager in a reinsurance vehicle it will manage and announcing more hires.