Reinsurance linked investment

Bermuda has continued to see strong registration numbers of new catastrophe bond, insurance-linked security (ILS) and alternative or third-party reinsurance capital related entities through the first-half of 2025, with the total rising slightly according to Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) data.

Catastrophe bond funds in the UCITS format experienced their best month of 2025 so far in July, as seasonality kicked in and lifted the average performance for the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices to a 4.39% return year-to-date.

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According to Munich Re’s CEO, price pressure in reinsurance from alternative capital and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors is “simply non-existent” with no major build-up of ILS capital seen and Joachim Wenning also does not believe reinsurance is soft.

Strategic Risk Solutions, Inc., an independent provider of insurance, reinsurance and captive management and consulting services, has promoted long-standing employee Andrew Hupman as its new head of office for SRS Bermuda.

The Mangrove Risk Solutions private insurance-linked securities (ILS) platform operated by Marsh McLennan and reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has issued another private cat bond lite deal, as a roughly $22.43 million Mangrove Risk Solutions Bermuda Ltd. (Series 2025-C1) transaction has come to market, Artemis has learned.

This morning we are pleased to announce a keynote speech from the Bank of England and also to reveal the agenda outline for our upcoming catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference, Artemis London 2025. Held in London on September 2nd, there are just a few weeks to go. Register to attend here.

The overall yield of the catastrophe bond market has begun its seasonal decline over the last month as the typical hurricane season spread tightening regime set in, according to cat bond fund manager Plenum Investments.

Blackstone has again demonstrated its appetite to source insurance and reinsurance-linked opportunities for private capital clients with a newly announced life and annuities flow reinsurance sidecar-like structure established for F&G Annuities & Life, Inc. and backed by $1 billion of capital from Blackstone managed funds.

According to Hiscox Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Paul Cooper, the majority of the $300 million of third-party capital raised by Hiscox ILS, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment focused arm of Hiscox Group, during the first half of 2025, has gone into the organisation’s property catastrophe exposed business.