Reinsurance linked investment

Senior executives at insurance and reinsurance brokerage Marsh discussed the recent launch of Alternus, the Nephila Capital backed commercial property insurance facility that brings alternative reinsurance capacity to a retail solution for U.S. company property portfolios, in their recent quarterly earnings call.

Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings, the New York stock exchange listed fully-collateralised reinsurance company that is a subsidiary of re/insurer Endurance, reported lower income for the first-quarter, as reinsurance acquisition costs and a loss to a derivative contract affected its results.

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Insurance-linked securities (ILS), pure catastrophe bond and reinsurance-linked investment funds reported an above average return of 0.23% for March 2017, thanks to global catastrophe events having little immediate impact on ILS funds, although a number of ILS managers are monitoring the developing cyclone Debbie market loss.

Insurance-linked assets under management by AlphaCat Managers Ltd., the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and third-party reinsurance capital arm of Validus Holdings, grew once again in the first-quarter of 2017, reaching $2.9 billion as at April 1st.

During reinsurer Munich Re’s recent earnings call Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Reinsurance, Torsten Jeworrek, questioned the increasing use of leverage in the insurance-linked securities (ILS), or alternative capital business model and subsequent potential credit risk for reinsurers.

Nephila Capital, the largest reinsurance linked investment manager, is backing Alternus a new commercial property insurance facility underwritten by the Schinnerer Group and brokered by Marsh, bringing alternative reinsurance capacity to a retail solution for U.S. company property portfolios.

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Collateralized reinsurance start-up underwriter and investments firm Sequant Re has received another $200k investment from holding company Premier Diversified Holdings Inc. (PDH), which should provide Sequant with further runway as it continues to prepare to enter the market.