All the headlines from our Insurance Linked Securities Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 3 2024 // Howden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, announced its entry into the Japanese market, launching Howden Re Japan Ltd. and an ILS partnership with Keystone ILS Capital.Howden also announced the appointment of...
Apr 25 2024 // Re/insurer Ariel Re and Hiscox Re & ILS, the reinsurance and insurance linked securities arm of insurer Hiscox, announced the launch of CyberShock, a cyber catastrophe consortium.The CyberShock consortium is designed...
Feb 26 2024 // As the best hedge fund strategy of 2023 becomes a magnet for mainstream investors, the risk models it relies on are getting a lot tougher to crack.The strategy in question is tied to insurance-linked securities, which are...
Jan 29 2024 // Brazil’s National Monetary Council (CMN), the country’s highest economic body, granted approval on Thursday for regulations enabling insurers and reinsurers to raise funds from investors through the issuance of...
Apr 26 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Hiscox Re & ILS, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), and Aon’s Reinsurance SolutionsA summary of these new hires follows here. Hiscox...
Aug 31 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at TigerRisk, Gallagher Re and BMS Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. TigerRisk Hires Aon’s Rosenberg for ILS TeamTigerRisk Partners LLC, the...
Aug 29 2022 // The cyber re/insurance protection gap provides an opportunity for insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors, which historically have filled the gaps where traditional capital has either retrenched or is unavailable,...
Jun 16 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at three insurance brokers: Miller, Howden and Aon.A summary of these new hires follows here. Miller Names Markel’s Duda as Head of ILS in...
Apr 6 2022 // With institutional investors providing the bulk of the capital, RenaissanceRe Holdings has announced the creation of a new joint venture dedicated to casualty and specialty risks.Launched with $475 million of capital, the...
Jan 6 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Willis Towers Watson and Hiscox.A summary of these new hires follows here. WTW Hires Canada Risk & Broking Leader, Europe/UK Practice Leader for...
Jan 6 2022 // MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd. (MS AUL), the Lloyd’s global specialty re/insurer, announced its Singapore-based operation has launched its second local special purpose reinsurance vehicle (SPRV).Called Phoenix 2 Re Pte....
Nov 16 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Willis Towers Watson; Ryan Specialty’s MGU, EmergIn Risk; and Gallagher Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. WTW Names Aon’s Wegbrans...
Nov 16 2021 // Markel Corp. announced it is winding down Lodgepine Capital Management Ltd., its retrocessional insurance linked securities (ILS) fund manager, based in Bermuda.Markel launched Lodgepine in 2019, with product offerings...
Nov 8 2021 // Acrisure Re Appoints Wicks From Ed Broking, Arnott From SecurisAcrisure Re, the reinsurance division of global insurance broker and fintech platform Acrisure, announced the appointments of Ian Wicks, as executive vice...
Oct 28 2021 // Reinsurers are increasingly relying on third-party capital to support their retrocession needs, in which they transfer risks they have assumed to other counterparties.According to a report from S&P Global Ratings,...
Oct 5 2021 // Ledger Investing, Inc., a technology-driven marketplace for matching insurance risk to capital markets, announced the closing of Nanorock Fund Ltd., an insurance linked security (ILS) fund focused primarily on investing in...
Sep 28 2021 // Investors in insurance-linked securities are leaning toward structured catastrophe bonds rather than broader ILS instruments to steer away from unexpected losses from secondary perils. At the same time, catastrophe bond...
Aug 11 2021 // Lockton Re, the global reinsurance business of the world’s largest privately held independent insurance broker, announced a first-of-its-kind, digital capability called “Lockton Re SAGELink Automated Placement...
Jul 8 2021 // These International People Moves detail appointments at Hiscox and Hiscox ILS as well as three appointments at Tokio Marine HCC International’s Professional Risks team.A summary of these new hires follows here....
May 13 2021 // Pouch, an insurtech MGA using telematics to reward small businesses for safe driving, disclosed it has raised some initial financing that will help accelerate its launch into the commercial auto insurance market.ILS...