Latest Insurance Linked Securities Headlines
All the headlines from our Insurance Linked Securities Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Howden Enters Japanese Market, Invests in Keystone ILS Capital
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...
Markets/Coverages: Ariel Re and Hiscox Re & ILS Launch Cyber Catastrophe Consortium
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...
Risk Models Behind Insurance-Linked Securities Are Getting a Lot Harder to Crack
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...
Brazil’s Government Paves the Way for Insurance-Linked Securities
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...
People Moves: Hiscox Re & ILS Hires Hamilton Re’s Shah as Dir. of U/W Risk; BHSI Names Claims Execs in Germany; Aon’s Reins. Solutions Taps AXA XL’s Grigg for Cyber
Apr 26 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Hiscox Re & ILS, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), and Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions A summary of these new hires follows here. Hiscox...
People Moves: TigerRisk Hires Aon’s Rosenberg for ILS Team; Gallagher Re Appoints Delacroix in France; BMS Re Taps Carpenter’s Torres-Ortíz for Caribbean Fac
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 Team TigerRisk Partners LLC,...
ILS Investors Could Help Fill Cyber Re/Insurance Protection Gap if Hurdles Are Overcome
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,...
People Moves: Miller Names Markel’s Duda for ILS in Bermuda; Howden LatAm Hires Hernandez as Regional General Counsel; Aon Appoints Parsons for UK Capital Advisory
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 Bermuda John...
RenRe Launches Casualty, Specialty Venture for ILS Investors
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...
People Moves: WTW Hires Magilton to Lead Canada Risk & Broking, Powney to Head Surety for Europe/UK; Hiscox Re & ILS Names MS Amlin’s Wilken as CUO
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...
MS Amlin Launches 2nd Asia-Focused Special Purpose Reinsurance Vehicle for ILS
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....
People Moves: WTW Names Aon’s Wegbrans as Head of Broking; EmergIn Risk Hires Occam’s Paraskeva; Aon’s Norris to Gallagher Re as Cyber ILS Broker
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...
Markel Corp. Puts Retrocessional ILS Fund Manager Into Run-Off
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...
People Moves: Acrisure Re Appoints Wicks From Ed Broking, Arnott From Securis ILS
Nov 8 2021 // Acrisure Re Appoints Wicks From Ed Broking, Arnott From Securis Acrisure Re, the reinsurance division of global insurance broker and fintech platform Acrisure, announced the appointments of Ian Wicks, as executive vice...
Reinsurers Increasingly Using ILS to Transfer Risks
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,...
Securitization Startup Platform Ledger Launches a Casualty ILS Fund
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...
Investors in Insurance-Linked Securities Seek to Avoid Exposure to Secondary Perils
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...
Lockton Re Partners with Nephila Capital to Launch Automated ILS Placement Solution
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...
People Moves: Chubb’s Thanduparakkal to Hiscox, SCOR’s Prabis to Hiscox ILS; Tokio Marine HCC Int’l Hires 3 for Professional Risks
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...
MGA Pouch Debuts With ILS Capital Backing, Telematics for Small Commercial Fleets
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...
