Reinsurance sidecars news

AXIS Capital, the Bermuda based specialty insurance and reinsurance company, recognised higher fee income from its work with third-party investors, or so-called strategic capital partners, during the first-quarter of 2024, with higher premiums ceded to partners as well.

Assets under management at Hiscox ILS, the dedicated insurance-linked securities (ILS) unit of the Hiscox Group, slipped to $1.5 billion at April 1st 2024, as planned outflows continued to facilitate investor liquidity, but this was offset by capital raised into the firm’s new reinsurance sidecar and other ILS funds.

When Ark Insurance sponsored a renewal of its $250 million collateralized reinsurance sidecar Outrigger Re Ltd. for the 2024 calendar year, one of the third-party investors that renewed its stake in the vehicle was the Enstar owned reinsurance company Cavello Bay.

The portfolio of insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance investments managed by PGGM, the Dutch pension investment manager that allocates the largest amount to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market on behalf of end-client the Dutch pension PFZW, has shrunk in size by roughly 6% over the first-quarter of 2024.

For private equity investors, the use of alternative capital vehicles and insurance-linked securities (ILS) structures presents a mature way to take advantage of reinsurance market cycles in an efficient manner, analysts at BMO Capital Markets have highlighted.

When it comes to designing a reinsurance sidecar structure for a life insurer, ensuring alignment is strong across all parties involved is critical, while trade-offs between a sidecar strategy and simply trading with traditional reinsurers must also be assessed, according to RGA (Reinsurance Group of America).

The giant more than $9 billion portfolio of insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance investments managed by PGGM, the Dutch pension investment manager that allocates the largest amount to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market on behalf of end-client the Dutch pension PFZW, delivered a record 18.9% return in 2023.

White Mountains CEO Manning Rountree recently explained that the insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds managed by Elementum Advisors delivered 15-20% returns “across the complex” in 2023, a year when his company generated strong returns from its investments into insurance and reinsurance.

New York based alternative risk premia focused investment manager Stone Ridge has now grown its mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy assets under management (AUM) back to above $4 billion for the first time since 2020.

Target allocation ranges have been adjusted for some of the investments that make up the giant insurance-linked securities (ILS) portfolio managed by PGGM, the Dutch pension fund investment manager, on behalf of its end-client the Dutch pension PFZW.