Guy Carpenter to be rebranded as Marsh Re
From January 2026, Marsh McLennan will change its brand name to Marsh and its reinsurance broking arm Guy Carpenter will go to market after a transition period as Marsh Re from 2027. It's not yet clear what this means for the specialist capital markets, investment banking and insurance-linked securities (ILS) read the full article →
Franklin Templeton puts cat bonds as top conviction, but turns neutral on other ILS
Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions, the more hedge fund focused part of the global asset manager, has maintained its strongly overweight conviction on the catastrophe bond asset class, while adopting a neutral stance on all other insurance-linked securities (ILS). It’s important to remember that all other ILS includes private collateralized reinsurance, retrocession read the full article →
ILS increasingly institutional. But investor education still critically important: Convergence 2025
During a panel discussion at the ILS Bermuda Convergence 2025 conference yesterday, speakers were asked to discuss what they've seen in the way of improvements in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class over the last five years, with the institutionalisation of ILS and continuing efforts in educating investors both seen read the full article →
Rest Super cat bond allocation via Twelve Securis grows ~85% to US $242m in last year
Rest Super, one of the Australian superannuation funds that has around 2 million members and $100 billion in funds under management, has grown its insurance-linked securities (ILS) allocation to catastrophe bonds through ILS manager Twelve Securis over the last year to around US $242 million. Rest Super began allocating to the read the full article →
Ledger hires Ryan Saul as MD Reinsurance & Capital Markets, Ledger Capital Markets, LLC
Ledger Investing, the insurance technology (insurtech) and insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused company, has announced the hiring of Ryan Saul as Managing Director, Reinsurance and Capital Markets at Ledger Capital Markets, LLC. Ledger Capital Markets, LLC is the SEC registered broker-dealer unit of the company and also a Member of FINRA and read the full article →
USAA raises Residential Re 2025-2 cat bond target to $400m with lower price guidance
USAA has increased the target size for its new catastrophe bond with now $400 million in multi-peril per-occurrence catastrophe reinsurance protection sought from the Residential Reinsurance 2025 Limited (Series 2025-2) deal, Artemis has learned. At the same time and indicative of continued high-levels of investor demand for new issuance paper, the read the full article →
Casualty ILS gaining traction as investors seek diversification from credit risk: King Ridge
According to a new report from King Ridge Capital Advisors LLC, the specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, casualty ILS is gaining traction with investors familiar with private credit structures, while also offering diversification away from credit-linked risks. “Global investors have committed more than $1.6 trillion to private credit and even read the full article →
Bermuda uniquely positioned for next-generation ILS solutions: Convergence 2025
As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) industry meets in Bermuda over the next few days at the 2025 edition of the ILS Bermuda Convergence event, the organisers believe that the island is "uniquely positioned to host next-generation risk financing solutions" with its deep connectivity between reinsurance and ILS capital markets. Beginning later read the full article →
Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) hires ILS portfolio manager John Ery from SI Re
Qube Research & Technologies (QRT), the global quantitative and systematic investment manager, has made another hire for its insurance-linked securities (ILS) team, adding Dr. John Ery an experienced ILS portfolio manager from reinsurance firm SI Re, Artemis has learned. Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) specialises in a technology and data-driven approach read the full article →
Covéa seeks €200m Hexagon IV Re 2025-1 cat bond, for expanded wind and hail coverage
Covéa Group, the French mutual insurer, has returned to the catastrophe bond market for its fifth cat bond deal, seeking €200 million or greater in fully-collateralized reinsurance protection with this Hexagon IV Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance targeting expanded coverage in both occurrence and aggregate formats, Artemis understands. Covéa Group had read the full article →
