Reinsurance sidecars news

Cayman Islands based reinsurance company Oxbridge Re Ltd. is aiming to upsize its fully collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle Oxbridge Re NS Ltd. for the coming underwriting year from June 1st.

The collateralised reinsurance sidecar market and private quota share transactions entered into by insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds and investors may face the highest impacts from Covid-19 pandemic related claims, A.M. Best has said.

The Athene Co-Invest Reinsurance Affiliate (ACRA) insurance-linked sidecar vehicle is expected to raise further capital, with investor discussions ongoing and senior executives say the third-party capital vehicle will become a significant source of capacity for its pension risk transfer deals.

PGGM, the Dutch pension fund administrator and investment manager and the largest single source of assets in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, added a relationship with global reinsurance firm PartnerRe in 2019, as it expanded its ILS partner roster to ten.

Rating agency A.M. Best said that varying pandemic related impacts are to be expected for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, with the most concerning likely the fact that collateral could be trapped for years given the significant uncertainty over potential losses.

Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd. (doing its insurance investment business as HSCM Bermuda), the insurance-linked securities (ILS), reinsurance- and transportation- focused investment manager, was a lead backer of insurance giant AIG’s recent launch of a new Lloyd’s syndicate.

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) officially launched its latest syndicate at Lloyd’s yesterday, with Lloyd’s Syndicate 2019 set to be the largest ever launch in that market with a target for around $1 billion of gross premiums to be written.

With natural catastrophe reinsurance premiums underwritten having jumped at Swiss Re in the last year, the company has continued to make use of insurance-linked securities (ILS) investor appetite to help it prepare its portfolio for the coming hurricane season.

The impacts faced by insurance and reinsurance markets from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has some parallels with the 2001 World Trade Center bombing, with challenges expected to be faced and the possibility of adverse reserve development further down the line, executives at Fidelis have said.

AXIS Capital, the Bermuda headquartered specialty insurance and reinsurance company, has revealed an expectation that the Covid-19 pandemic will drive some $235 million of losses, the majority of which will be in its property book.