Third-party reinsurance capital news

Analysts at Fitch Ratings highlighted how record amounts of reinsurance capital supply from both traditional and alternative sources exceeded the slight demand increase from buyers during the January 1, 2026 renewals, driving a softening market but one they feel can still deliver profits.

The full agenda with speaker allocation to panels is now available for our upcoming insurance-linked securities conference in New York. Tickets are starting to run low for ILS NYC 2026, so we urge you to register to guarantee you can attend the event.

Today we are pleased to reveal the fifth and now final wave of speakers for our upcoming insurance-linked securities conference. With tickets continuing to sell more quickly than prior years for ILS NYC 2026, we urge you to register soon to guarantee your place at the conference as we could sell out.

Global reinsurance company TransRe has announced the promotion of Mike Torre and expansion of his responsibilities to the position of Global Property Portfolio and Third-Party Capital Leader, reporting to Lisa Moser, President of Global Portfolio Management.

Radix Insurance Linked Strategies (Radix ILS), the Bermuda-based third-party capital manager and tech-first reinsurance capacity deployment company, has announced the hiring of Nicolas Plianthos as its Chief Operating Officer (COO), bringing years of insurance management and operational expertise to the firm.

There is just one month to go until our upcoming ILS NYC 2026 insurance-linked securities conference and today we have revealed the topics for each of the panel sessions. Please register soon to guarantee your place at the conference, as tickets continue to sell ahead of prior year’s.

Today we are announcing the fourth wave of speakers for our upcoming insurance-linked securities conference, was more ILS experts are added to the roster. Tickets are continuing to sell much faster than prior years for ILS NYC 2026. Please register soon to guarantee your place at the conference.

Global insurance and reinsurance broking group Aon has reported that cedents benefited from favourable dynamics at the January 1st reinsurance renewals, aided by record levels of capital following another strong year for reinsurers, along with a benign 2025 Atlantic hurricane season which the firm says led to “competitive tension” in the market.

AIG has announced another special purpose vehicle launch in the Lloyd’s of London marketplace, as the insurer has partnered again with Blackstone on another sidecar-style syndicate, while this time distribution giant Amwins and artificial intelligence supplied by Palantir are also in the mix.

With the announcement today that insurance and reinsurance specialist Vantage Group is set to be acquired by Howard Hughes Holdings, the firm’s third-party collateralized reinsurance capital business AdVantage received a positive mention from the acquirer’s executives during an analyst call.