Reinsurance sidecars news

France headquartered global reinsurance firm SCOR said today that it has added three new risk partners in 2024 so far, as it continues to expand its third-party capital relationships and activities under Risk Partnerships, while seeing its 2026 target for fee income growth from this business as on track.

MetLife, Inc., one of the largest life and annuities insurance groups in the world, is partnering with institutional capital providers and asset managers to launch Chariot Reinsurance, a new Bermuda based company that will initially act as a kind of sidecar for the company, but seems well-positioned to become market-facing in future.

Global insurance giant Allianz has sponsored a life and annuity focused reinsurance sidecar named Sconset Re Ltd., securing backing from institutional investors to capitalise the structure and partnering with PIMCO as well as other institutions for asset management support.

Amundi US Investment Management has continued to experience strong demand for its most recently launched dedicated insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy, with the Pioneer CAT Bond Fund now surpassing $500 million in assets under management.

Oxbridge Re Ltd., the Cayman Islands based reinsurance company, is planning to expand its offering of tokenized reinsurance securities that fund its collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle Oxbridge Re NS, with the launch of a second tranche of notes that appear set to have a lower risk-return profile.

Here’s a final reminder to register for our Artemis Live webinar, being held this week on November 21st 2024, in which industry expert speakers will explore the use of alternative capital sources by originators of insurance risk, such as managing general agents (MGA’s).

International insurer and reinsurer MS Amlin has now launched the capital raise for the 2025 edition of its Phoenix reinsurance sidecar, and with the vehicle’s performance consistently beating expectations, investor interest is high, according to William Ho, CEO of MS Amlin Asia Pacific.

Earlier this year, White Mountains committed up to $30 million in capital for a Bermuda-based collateralized reinsurance structure that provides sidecar-like support to its California homeowners managing general agent (MGA) Bamboo.

Year-to-date, only modest amounts of catastrophe losses would be shared with the investors backing reinsurance firm Swiss Re’s Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) division, as the third-party capital unit is more geared to larger tail-risk events, the firm’s Group CFO John Dacey explained today.

DaVinci, the sidecar-like third-party capitalised reinsurance joint-venture vehicle operated by RenaissanceRe has received an upgrade from Moody’s, with the ratings agency citing DaVinci’s increased scale and long-term profitability as key drivers.