Wayfare Reinsurance

Ascot Group, the specialist global re/insurance underwriter, has appointed Ashleigh Edwards as Group Head of Ceded Reinsurance, where she will oversee the firm’s global ceded reinsurance strategy and harmonize it with Leadline Capital Partners, the company’s third-party capital management platform.

The recent successful launch of $500 million casualty reinsurance sidecar Wayfare Re is a key development as Ascot Group continues to build out its Leadline Capital Partners business and represents a modern, scalable partnership with an appropriate investor in Antares, Mark Wilcox, Group Chief Financial Officer of Ascot told Artemis in an interview.

Ascot Group, the specialist global re/insurance underwriter, has now confirmed the earlier news on the launch of a new casualty reinsurance sidecar partnership, with the Wayfare Re vehicle expected to be capitalised by equity investments from Antares Capital and Ascot, at a transaction size of approximately $500 million.

According to report from the Wall Street Journal, Ascot Group, the specialist global re/insurance underwriter, is partnering with credit focused investor Antares Capital to launch a Bermuda based reinsurance sidecar vehicle named Wayfare Re, that the report suggests will have a casualty focus.