reinsurance

The emergence of an insurance-linked securities (ILS) market for cyber risk is seen as a critical component for the future expansion of that line of business, with the capital markets expected to be a key reinsurance and retrocession provider, Moody’s has said.

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Oxbridge Re Ltd., the Cayman Islands based reinsurance company, is planning to expand its offering of tokenized reinsurance securities that fund its collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle Oxbridge Re NS, with the launch of a second tranche of notes that appear set to have a lower risk-return profile.

Non-life insurance premium growth may slow after this year, as the re-pricing of risk effect evens out. But, global reinsurer Swiss Re believes that rising exposure to natural catastrophe events is set to continue driving property insurance market premiums higher, resulting in a corresponding increasing need for reinsurance and risk transfer.

KatRisk, the catastrophe risk modelling software provider and the third-party risk modelling agency for the NFIP’s FloodSmart Re catastrophe bonds, has been acquired by Technosylva, a company focused on wildfire simulation modeling, risk analysis and operational response software solutions.

Liberty Mutual Insurance has returned to the catastrophe bond market with a target to secure at least $225 million of indemnity based catastrophe reinsurance protection from the capital markets through a Mystic Re IV Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance.

During the full-year 2023, the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) team at private markets focused investment manager Schroders Capital allocated over US $817 million to transactions that specifically help in reducing the insurance protection gap.

RenaissanceRe, the Bermudian global reinsurer, has lifted its third-party investor capital under management in reinsurance joint-ventures and insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds managed by RenRe’s Capital Partners division to a new end of quarter high of $7.72 billion.

American Family Mutual Insurance Company (AmFam) has returned to the catastrophe bond market for now the fifth year in a row, with a target this time to secure $175 million in protection from this Four Lakes Re Ltd. (Series 2024-1)  cat bond issuance, to expand its capital markets backed multi-peril catastrophe reinsurance, Artemis has learned.

International insurer and reinsurer MS Amlin has now launched the capital raise for the 2025 edition of its Phoenix reinsurance sidecar, and with the vehicle’s performance consistently beating expectations, investor interest is high, according to William Ho, CEO of MS Amlin Asia Pacific.