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As pressure on reinsurance rates intensifies, alternative capital seeks yield, and appetite broadens beyond the catastrophe space, the adoption of casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) is poised to accelerate, according to MultiStrat, the specialist underwriter, and reinsurance investment facilitator.

Multi-Strat Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda based holding company that underwrites casualty and longer-tailed reinsurance and arranges casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) transactions, has been acquired by Canopius Group Limited.

MultiStrat, the specialist underwriter and reinsurance investment facilitator, has completed its largest casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) transaction to-date, a $205 million casualty ILS deal that it worked alongside investor Vida Capital to complete.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is ripe for expansion in the casualty space and growth is being driven by the diversification and capital deployment needs of ILS fund managers, according to Jim Robinson, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MultiStrat Advisors Inc.

Robert Reville, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Praedicat, an InsurTech risk modelling and analytics company for casualty re/insurers, has claimed that the company’s approach to disease litigation may create an opportunity for ILS to enter into the casualty space.

MultiStrat continues to close new casualty linked securities (CLS) transactions, with another deal announced this week taking the total capital invested in these unique casualty ILS deals to $60 million, covering estimated premiums of $230 million.

Praedicat, a leading casualty catastrophe risk modelling company, has secured a $6 million Series AA round of investment, from sources including existing investor catastrophe risk modelling specialist Risk Management Solutions, Inc. (RMS) and Jacques Dubois.

In an interview with Artemis, Jim Robinson of MultiStrat Advisors Inc. recently discussed the novel casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) transaction the firm arranged for HSCM Bermuda, the ILS, reinsurance and transportation finance investment firm established by ex-Goldman Sachs structured finance head Michael Millette.

Insurance and reinsurance specialist investment manager Hudson Structured Capital Management is allocating to a novel third-party liability, or casualty risk, transaction that has been arranged by MultiStrat Advisors Ltd., enabling it to access the returns of workers’ compensation insurance risks.

In an article published yesterday on its BestWire service, rating agency A.M. Best discussed the maturation of the catastrophe bond market, citing the near record levels of issuance in 2012 as evidence of a rapidly maturing market. While the market may be maturing, A.M. Best agree with our position that the market needs to find […]