RenaissanceRe Capital Partners

RenaissanceRe believes the work it has put into building out its casualty and specialty reinsurance lines, as well as its third-party reinsurance capital management expertise, mean it would be hard for competitors to replicate its new joint-venture vehicle Fontana, with CEO Kevin O’Donnell saying the company has built a “sustainable moat” around the strategy.

Bermuda headquartered reinsurance firm RenaissanceRe continues to expand its Capital Partners team, adding Keenan Press from Horseshoe as a new VP to lead on investor due diligence, as well as two new analysts in recent weeks.

RenaissanceRe, the Bermuda headquartered reinsurance underwriting firm and third-party capital manager, has added just over $1.4 billion of capital to its range of insurance-linked securities (ILS) structures and joint-venture vehicles so far in 2022.

The Fontana Holdings third-party capitalised casualty and specialty reinsurance focused joint venture vehicle launched by Bermudian reinsurer RenaissanceRe will have the flexibility to become market-facing and write business directly for counterparties, it seems.

The development of Fontana Holdings, RenaissanceRe’s newly announced, third-party capital-backed casualty and specialty reinsurance joint venture vehicle, sought to answer investor questions and respond to their needs for an efficient access point to these lines of business, Chris Parry explained to Artemis.

Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (RenRe) has created its first third-party reinsurance capital backed joint venture focused on casualty and specialty risk, Fontana Holdings L.P., which launches with $475 million of capital, most of which comes from institutional investors.

RenaissanceRe Capital Partners has made another key hire, adding Manjit Varwandkar as a Portfolio Manager for the firm’s catastrophe bond investments focused Medici Fund strategy.

RenaissanceRe Capital Partners, the third-party capital management and insurance-linked securities (ILS) unit of Bermuda-headquartered reinsurance firm RenaissanceRe (RenRe), hired Lucy Briggs as Vice President and Head of Risk earlier this year.

Bermuda based reinsurance firm and third-party capital manager RenaissanceRe has reduced its exposure to aggregate contracts this year, something that applies both to its own portfolio and to its Upsilon collateralized reinsurance and retrocession structure.

RenaissanceRe, the Bermuda-based reinsurance firm and third-party capital management specialist, raised additional funds from investors for its managed insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategies during the second-quarter.