ILS recruitment market seeing business development & analytics demand: Sykes, 20Twenty Search
After a challenging few years that began with the hurricane-heavy season of 2017, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has entered a sustained period of strong returns. The rebound is also reshaping recruitment trends, with rising demand being seen for talent in business development and analytics, according to 20Twenty Search’s Jason Sykes. Speaking with Artemis around […]
ILS operational capabilities key. Not considering AI simply not an option: Ramseier, Twelve Securis
For the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset management sector, operational capabilities are going to be key, while the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) means it must be considered, Dr. Urs Ramseier, CEO of Twelve Securis told Artemis in an interview just before the Monte Carlo Rendez-vous event. Twelve Securis, being born out of the merging of […]
Capital markets key to future insurability and affordability of risk transfer: Swiss Re
Swiss Re has highlighted the capital efficiency that a modern and layered risk transfer architecture brings to the property and casualty insurance market, seeing the capital markets and investors as now key elements in a chain that is supporting growing volumes of global risks. In a new sigma report released today in Monte Carlo, global […]
Alternative capital will continue to grow over the long-term, says Moody’s Ratings
Analysts at Moody’s Ratings expect the alternative reinsurance capital space to continue to expand over the long-term, stating that much of the growth will come from reinsurers with additional growth expected from non-catastrophe risk, as the rating agency shifts its outlook on the global reinsurance sector to stable from positive. Moody’s turned positive on the […]
Alternative reinsurance capital rose to $118bn for H1’25: Gallagher Re
According to reinsurance broker Gallagher Re, non-life alternative reinsurance capital grew by USD $4 billion, or 4% over the first half of 2025 to reach $118 billion, with the broker also noting that traditional reinsurance capital is growing at a faster rate. As per the broker’s latest Reinsurance Market Report, global reinsurance industry capital reached […]
Collateralized retro capacity increasingly important for some major reinsurers: S&P
Alternative capital remains a critical source of retrocessional reinsurance capacity for some of the biggest reinsurers in the market, with it seen to increase in importance for some of the top-tier companies over the last year, S&P Global Ratings has said. In one of the rating agencies typical reports timed just in front of the […]
Three dominant trends revealed in record period of cat bond issuance: Pennay, Aon Securities
Three key dominant trends have been revealed following a record period of catastrophe bond issuance according to Richard Pennay, CEO, Aon Securities, the specialist investment banking and insurance-linked securities (ILS) broker-dealer unit of the global insurance and reinsurance broker. In its latest ILS annual report, Aon Securities found that 12-month catastrophe bond issuance over the […]
Swiss Re’s Urs Baertschi calls for stronger collaboration to manage rising nat cat losses
Urs Baertschi, CEO of Property & Casualty Reinsurance at Swiss Re, recently shared his perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing the insurance industry in 2025. Reflecting on his personal aversion to roller coasters, Baertschi compared the highs and lows of amusement rides to the unpredictability of the current risk landscape, noting that “those of […]
Kingdom of Lesotho receives payout under ARC sovereign drought parametric policy
African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC), a specialised agency of the African Union, has issued an insurance payout of $2,767,958 to the Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho, after its sovereign drought insurance policy for the 2024/25 agricultural season was triggered. This payout was made possible by the Government’s subscription to ARC’s sovereign risk financing mechanism […]
Hannover Re to expand direct ILS activities, launch Capital Partners platform in Bermuda
Hannover Re, the global reinsurer, is establishing a Bermuda based insurance-linked securities (ILS) platform named Hannover Re Capital Partners, as it looks to round-out its offering to ILS investors and the market, while creating a new avenue to manage and deploy third-party capital to augment its business activities, we understand. Artemis has learned that this […]