In announcing new targets and a refreshed strategy today, Swiss Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurance companies, has highlighted the role of third-party capital investors in helping to fuel its expansion into natural catastrophe risks over recent years, while also maintaining balanced exposure.
Swiss Re explicitly said today, that the growth of its nat cat exposure has been supported by third-party investors, through its insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance sidecar platform.
The reinsurance firm also highlighted its Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) arm, where the ILS investment management and structuring of catastrophe bonds and other ILS opportunities takes place, as a core piece of its business.
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