Reinsurtech

AkinovA, the technology-led re/insurance platform focused on expanding access to underwriting capital for large corporate risks, including via capital markets participation, has appointed Matthew Gilpin as Group Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Schroders Capital’s Private Debt & Credit Alternatives (PDCA) team, together with global reinsurer Hannover Re, have unveiled the integration of an innovative tokenised capability into its insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment platform, which includes the execution of the first real-world collateralized reinsurance transaction through this platform.

Nascent Re Ltd. a licensed reinsurance transformer owned and operated by Bermuda-based Nascent Group, has completed its first issuance of listed insurance-linked securities, as a €10 million tranche of OFS Re Series 2026-001 preferred shares have been admitted to the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX).

Members Capital Management Limited (MembersCap), the Bermuda-regulated investment manager, has broadened its tokenized reinsurance fund distribution by making its listed insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund, MCM Fund I, available to institutional investors on the Aptos blockchain via the Archax digital asset exchange.

Oxbridge Re Holdings Ltd., the Cayman Islands based reinsurance company, has confirmed its two tranche offering of tokenized reinsurance securities that will fund its collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle Oxbridge Re NS for the 2026/2027 reinsurance contract year, with 20% and 42% return targets.

Nascent Group, a Bermuda headquartered insurance management, ILS servicing and reinsurance transformer specialist, has expanded its actuarial servicing capabilities by making a strategic investment into Sephira Risk Solutions Ltd., an actuarial consultancy founded by former EY executive Andy Smyth.

Nascent Group, a Bermuda headquartered insurance management, ILS servicing and reinsurance transformer specialist, has hired Bellal Rahman as a Senior Vice President to strengthen its offerings for the insurance-linked securities (ILS), commercial carrier and life reinsurance space.

Oxbridge Re Ltd., the Cayman Islands based reinsurance company, has said that two tranches of tokenized reinsurance securities that fund its collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle for 2025 remain on-track to deliver attractive returns. But the prior year vintage of the tokens appears to have been impacted by losses due to hurricane Milton.

Members Capital Management Limited (MembersCap), the Bermuda-regulated investment manager that seeks to bring reinsurance investing to a wider audience leveraging digital ledger technology, has become the first company to utilise the London Stock Exchange Group’s new Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI) platform.

The insurance and reinsurance industry is facing historically high pressure to reinvent its business model in order to stay relevant, according to PwC, and as you might expect capital, how it’s managed and how it’s deployed, as well as its efficiency, is seen as a catalyst for growth.