Syndicate 2357

In a sign that reinsurance market pricing has returned to more rational levels, the largest manager of catastrophe and weather insurance linked assets, Nephila Capital, could seek to expand its capacity for the January renewals if price improvements seen continued.

Nephila Capital, the largest investment manager of insurance and reinsurance linked securities (ILS) and weather risk assets, is nearing launch of its own independent Lloyd’s managing agency.

Nephila Capital looks to be well on-track to reach its ambitious full-year stamp capacity target of $500 million for its Lloyd’s syndicate 2357, as premiums ceded from fronted U.S. catastrophe exposed property risk are already building.

Nephila Capital, the largest insurance and reinsurance linked investment manager, nearly doubled the amount of premiums underwritten through its Lloyd’s of London Syndicate 2357 in full-year 2018.

Nephila Capital, the largest manager of catastrophe and weather insurance and reinsurance linked investment funds, has had its application to transition to operating its own managing agency at Lloyd’s approved by the market Board and has announced a number of hires.

While the major catastrophe losses of 2017 took their toll on the results of ILS fund manager Nephila Capital’s Syndicate 2357 vehicle at Lloyd’s of London, driving the syndicate to a loss for the year, the manager is looking to expand on the use of the vehicle and as a result has increased its stamp […]

Nephila Capital, the largest manager of catastrophe and weather insurance or reinsurance linked assets, has added a significant amount of capacity to its Syndicate 2357 vehicle at Lloyd’s of London, while the business mix written by the syndicate has changed as it supports the ILS manager’s growing U.S. MGA activities.

Nephila Syndicate 2357, the first Lloyd’s of London syndicate backed by an insurance-linked securities (ILS) manager, was among the top performers of all Lloyd’s syndicates in 2015, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P).

Lloyd’s of London Syndicate 2357, backed by the largest manager of catastrophe and weather insurance or reinsurance linked assets, Nephila Capital, more than doubled its full-year profit in 2015 and has increased its stamp capacity for 2016 by 68% to $178.9m.

Lloyd’s of London Syndicate 2357, the first syndicate to enter the Lloyd’s reinsurance market backed by an insurance-linked securities player in Nephila Capital, has increased its gross written premiums by 136% to $33.3m for the 2014 year of account.