Sussex Re

Specialty insurance and reinsurance player Brit Ltd. successfully raised new capital for its range of insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds and structures in 2019, while investors had a better year as well as the company shared much fewer losses with them.

Specialty re/insurer Brit’s collateralised reinsurance fund platform, Sussex Capital, is receiving good support and increased allocations ahead of the January 1st renewals, with the firm dedicated to building and expanding on the Diversified Fund, according to Jon Sullivan and Mark Allan.

Demonstrating how challenging it can be to bring third-party capital into the Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance market, Brit’s newly launched insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy takes a roundabout route to connect the capacity with the returns of its underwriting in the market.

Specialty insurance and reinsurance firm Brit Ltd. has launched a new insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy designed to allow investors direct access to the returns of its Lloyd’s underwriting business.

Alignment between insurance and reinsurance company sponsors of third-party capital vehicles with their investor partners is critical, according to Brit’s CFO, as the company revealed a more than trebled its underwriting fee income from such activities in the first-half of the year.

Specialty insurance and reinsurance group Brit Ltd. has hired James Drew, previously working at Aviva, as its new Head of Outwards Reinsurance.

Specialty insurer and reinsurer Brit Ltd. has targeted a doubling of written premiums for its Sussex Capital collateralised reinsurance fund platform in 2019, which would equate to growth to around $250 million of assets under management.

Specialty insurance and reinsurance player Brit Ltd. has renewed its Versutus collateralised reinsurance sidecar for 2019 and increased its third-party capital managed to around $440 million as a result.

Despite what the firm explains as a “more difficult environment” for fundraising, specialty insurance and reinsurance player Brit Ltd. said it has grown its third-party capital base and added new institutional investors for 2019.

The London Market Group (LMG) said that it is encouraged to see the successful registration and launch of the first UK domiciled protected cell company (PCC) for collateralised reinsurance, as this is seen as the likely driver for future ILS market expansion.