Reinsurance linked investment

Nephila Capital, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager arm of Markel, has written 75% more in property catastrophe reinsurance premiums in the second-quarter of 2025, as the ILS manager continues to do more with less since its integration into the Markel business.

Catastrophe bond market momentum is anticipated to continue through the second-half of 2025, which added to a significant record set for the first-half leads Swiss Re Capital Markets to say the cat bond sector is positioned for an exceptional year of issuance.

Japan Post Insurance has now agreed its planned $2 billion investment into a new reinsurance co-investment vehicle, or sidecar, to gain access to the strategic returns from business activity of KKR’s U.S. life, retirement and annuities insurance and reinsurance company, Global Atlantic Financial Group.

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SageSure, the specialist catastrophe-exposed property managing general underwriter (MGU), has sponsored its debut reinsurance sidecar transaction under Seawall Re Ltd., securing $50 million of third-party retro support from investors for its captive reinsurance vehicle Anchor Re.

Jens Ziser, Managing Director, Treaty Reinsurance at Ecclesia Re, the reinsurance broker of Ecclesia Group, has expressed his belief that insurance-linked securities (ILS) pertaining to casualty risks will play a vital role in the capacity strategy of the future.

Equity analysts from Autonomous have said in a new report that reinsurance capital appears disciplined as it eases into a soft market environment that may prove different this time, with capacity still being deployed at very attractive rates.

Mercury Insurance has now recovered $20.05 million from its Randolph Re (Series 2024-1) private catastrophe bond transaction, after losses from the January 2025 wildfires in California exceeded the attachment and eroded some of its principal, Artemis has learned.

Aon is seeing strong growth in uptake of parametric solutions among its corporate and commercial clients, unlocking new capital sources for them by bringing together its reinsurance and analytics capabilities, alongside capacity from both traditional and insurance-linked securities (ILS) markets, comments by CEO Greg Case show.

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