Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) grows ILS allocation 31% in 2021
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), a large Canadian institutional retirement fund, has expanded its investment allocation to insurance-linked securities (ILS) by roughly 31% in 2021, taking it to C$721 million (approx. US $575m). The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) began investing into insurance-linked securities (ILS), largely via insurance-linked funds as well as […]
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) grows ILS allocation 31% in 2021
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), a large Canadian institutional retirement fund, has expanded its investment allocation to insurance-linked securities (ILS) by roughly 31% in 2021, taking it to C$721 million (approx. US $575m). The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) began investing into insurance-linked securities (ILS), largely via insurance-linked funds as well as […]
Brazil publishes “Letra de Risco de Seguro” rules for ILS securitization
The Brazilian government has published new legislation in its official gazette for what are being termed “Letra de Risco de Seguro”, or LRS and translates to Letter of Insurance Risk, which are insurance-linked securities (ILS) laws, as the country looks to encourage risk transfer and reinsurance to the capital markets. We’ve explained before that Brazil’s […]
NCIUA to close Cape Lookout Re 2022 cat bond at $330m in size
The North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association (NCIUA) just missed the revised upper-end target for its new Cape Lookout Re Ltd. (Series 2022-1) catastrophe bond issuance, with the deal eventually pricing to offer the insurance pool $330 million of reinsurance protection. At launch, the NCIUA was seeking $300 million or more in collateralized reinsurance protection from the […]
New risks & differentiation attractive to ILS investors: Gallagher Re
While investor appetite for insurance-linked securities (ILS) has been tested by consecutive years of elevated catastrophe losses, the asset class still plays an important role for many allocators and there remains an appetite to invest in new classes of risk, while differentiation is also an important consideration. Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re highlighted these trends in […]
Relative value of ILS investing evident in 2021: Swiss Re
2021 saw the catastrophe bond market soften, with a trend towards tightening across most of the year, but differentiation remained, driven by investor appetites, but according to Swiss Re Capital Markets the relative value of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class persists. As we explained yesterday, the end of the year saw cat bond investors […]
Congratulations to our alumni, co-founder of Reask, on winning Catastrophe risk modelling solution of the year by ERM
The winner of catastrophe risk modelling solution of the year has used cutting-edge technology to develop a novel technique that is showing potential to fill growing protection gaps against natural catastrophes. Metryc, a global tropical cyclone parametric calculation agent from risk modelling firm Reask, was launched in 2021 and already has clients. One of InsuranceERM‘s independent […]
Twelve Capital predicts positive trends for 2022
Twelve Capital has said it believes the sector will benefit from a number of factors in 2022, including higher interest rates, improved pricing, and an increased ESG focus. In a note to investors, the firm said that it sees attractive opportunities in insurance fixed income due to credit spreads being higher than those of corporates, […]
Twelve Capital positive on re/insurance sector investing for 2022
Investment manager Twelve Capital has explained that it believes the insurance and reinsurance sector has positive attributes as an investment asset class for 2022, with both macroeconomic and idiosyncratic tailwinds expected to drive returns this year. Twelve Capital is a Zurich-headquartered catastrophe bond, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance linked investment fund manager, with strategies both […]
FEMA targets $325m fifth FloodSmart Re NFIP catastrophe bond
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is back in the catastrophe bond market again, seeking to secure at least $325 million of additional reinsurance protection for its National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through a FloodSmart Re Ltd. (Series 2022-1) issuance, which will be FEMA’s fifth cat bond. We explained back last July that FEMA was exploring […]