Reinsurance sidecars news

Everest Group has announced the launch of Annapurna Re Ltd., the specialty re/insurers first casualty reinsurance sidecar, revealing an expectation of deploying $600 million of third-party capital through the structure, while Stone Point Insurance Solutions is the anchor investor backing the venture.

Oxbridge Re Holdings Ltd., the Cayman Islands based reinsurance company, alongside its subsidiary SurancePlus, has announced annualised returns of 29.3% and 43.4% for investors in its 2025- 2026 EtaCat Re and ZetaCat Re tokenized reinsurance offerings, which has exceeded their original respective target returns of 20% and 42%.

CRC Group, a wholesale insurance services and distribution specialist, has launched a new Risk Solutions Division to advance its focus on developing proprietary capacity, capital partnerships and alternative risk solutions, including its reinsurance sidecars, appointing Bill Goldstein to lead the division.

Guy Carpenter, the global reinsurance broking firm, has announced the hire of Connie Tregidga as a Managing Director in its Global Structured Solutions team, with legacy deals and reinsurance sidecars a focus for her new role.

Stone Point Capital LLC, the private equity and credit investment firm with an insurance and reinsurance specialism, has successfully raised $610.5 million in a first close for a new strategy, named the Stone Point Insurance Solutions Fund.

Today’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is significantly broader and more resilient than it was just several years ago. However, while the market is seeing growing interest in casualty, specialty, cyber, and hybrid structures, this evolution also means the ILS space is fundamentally more complex, according to Kathleen Faries, CEO of Artex Capital Solutions.

Welcome to Artemis’ 2026 Bermuda ILS Executive Roundtable, during which leaders and experts from across the insurance-linked securities sector discussed the momentum being seen in catastrophe bonds and ILS this year, as well as the continued importance of Bermuda’s role in the market.

While the hard market in property insurance and reinsurance has ended and the direction of travel for rates is generally down, Ian Beaton CEO of global specialty re/insurer Ark said he still feels there is rate adequacy this year and maybe into next. But, given the investor interest in casualty ILS, he was less certain […]

Following the recent launch of Hamilton Insurance Group’s first casualty reinsurance sidecar, Craig Howie, Group Chief Financial Officer, explained that the sidecar enhances Hamilton’s ability to support casualty reinsurance underwriting through scalable and efficient capital solutions.

The target investment allocation range for the Mt. Logan Capital Management, Ltd. quota share structure named Scenery Re has been increased for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) portfolio managed by PGGM, the Dutch pension fund investment manager, on behalf of its end-client pension PFZW.