The reinsurance market continues to provide attractive conditions for underwriting and Chris Parry, the Global Head of Capital Partners at RenaissanceRe told us the company expects this to provide ongoing opportunities for ILS investors, which will help the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector to keep growing. Speaking with Artemis around the
Speaking during a webinar held in August by the team behind the Brookmont Catastrophic Bond ETF (ILS), Rick Pagnani, co-founder of King Ridge Capital Advisors LLC, the firm that manages the cat bond ETF portfolio, said that while spreads have tightened in the space he believes they still adequately compensate
As extreme weather events become more frequent and severe, closing the widening climate protection gap has never been more urgent. According to Elizabeth Henderson, Global Head of Climate Advisory at broker Aon, financial tools such as parametric insurance, catastrophe bonds, and public-private partnerships (P3) are critical towards building resilience and
The Florida Retirement System Pension Plan, which is administered by the Florida State Board of Administration, has new insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund allocations in its pipeline, with specialty and quota share strategies now being assessed for their suitability to add to the portfolio. When we last covered a meeting of the
Speaking with Artemis at the Monte Carlo Rendez-vous event, Jarad Madea, Chief Executive Officer, Howden Capital Markets & Advisory explained that the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class is “still in a good spot” with attractive returns possible for investors and a clear evolution in the market’s discipline. Leading Howden Group’s
In a recent report, rating agency AM Best points to the potential for expansion of the collateralized reinsurance and private insurance-linked securities (ILS) space, not least as catastrophe bond risk-adjusted spreads tighten this year. The catastrophe bond market has been the main driver of overall growth of third-party and alternative
A parametric insurance policy has been triggered to provide relief to nearly 120,000 people in Syria after one of the country’s worst droughts in half a century, through an initiative funded by Humanity Insured as part of a wider public–private partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP), the Global Shield
With the catastrophe bond market seeing eleven new sponsors enter the space so far this year, the trend highlights how involvement in the market has become more acceptable, and how sponsors are increasingly comfortable with cat bonds overall, according to Brad Adderley, Partner at global law firm Appleby. Artemis spoke
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