Reinsurance sidecars news

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) of the Bank of England has confirmed that it will continue to work with the HM Treasury on further reforms to enhance insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bond frameworks in the United Kingdom in order to amplify competitiveness within the market.

Artex Capital Solutions, the insurance-linked securities market service provider and insurance management specialist has partnered with legacy and run-off reinsurance specialist Enstar to introduce structured exit options embedded within Artex’s ILS vehicles.

The recent launch of NovaCore’s new collateralized reinsurance sidecar NovaRe, backed by alternative investment firm New Mountain Capital, LLC, through the establishment of VictoryRe, reflects New Mountain’s conviction in specialty insurance and aligns with its strategy for building integrated and scaled businesses, Steve Klinsky, CEO and Founder has said.

Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd., a Bermuda based specialty insurance and reinsurance company, has announced the launch of its first casualty reinsurance sidecar with a plan to cede around $300 million of premium to it over the multi-year duration of structure and investment firm Sixth Street as the provider of capital and an asset strategy to […]

While Hannover Re has expanded its range of insurance-linked securities services and facilitation, responding to market demand, the company sees collateralised fronting as the centrepiece of this capital market focused aspect of its global reinsurance operations, executives Silke Sehm and Patrick Horstmann told us in an interview.

Arch Capital, the Bermuda headquartered insurance and reinsurance specialist, is refreshing one of its third-party capital structures again this year, as the Voussoir Re Ltd. collateralized reinsurance sidecar and special purpose insurance (SPI) vehicle has issued new preferred shares for the second year running.

Novacore, an independent managing general agent (MGA), has secured collateralized reinsurance support from a new sidecar structure backed by New York headquartered alternative investment firm New Mountain Capital, LLC, which alongside its affiliates has around $60 billion in assets under management.

Stone Ridge Asset Management, the New York based alternative risk premia focused investment manager, has reported assets under management across its mutual catastrophe bond, insurance-linked securities and reinsurance fund strategies nearing $6.5 billion, now at their highest levels since late 2018.

The Victory Pioneer CAT Bond Fund is approaching a new milestone of $2 billion in assets under management, while the combined AUM of the dedicated mutual and institutional insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds managed by the Pioneer Investments team is now over $5.2 billion.

Alternative reinsurance capital is reinforcing current reinsurance market trends as total non-life insurance-linked securities (ILS) assets reached $135 billion at year-end 2025, a 19% increase year-on-year.