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Alternative capital
Alternative capital has become a core fixture of the global reinsurance capital stack, as large reinsurance companies partner with third-party investors, or cede risk to managers of third-party capital.
Alternative reinsurance capital has been a key trend over the last two decades, growing to make up approximately 15% of the global reinsurance capital and an even larger proportion of global catastrophe focused reinsurance capital.
Alternative capital is also finding its way into more lines of reinsurance business, including the life and annuity market, as well as casualty and specialty lines.
Read our news about alternative capital in reinsurance below.
Lockton adds tech expertise to Capital Markets business
4th October 2018
Global insurance and reinsurance broker Lockton has appointed financial services and technology experts Ash Shah and Femi Ogunjumo as Managing Director and Vice President, respectively, at its recently established Lockton Capital markets business. Launched last month, Lockton Capital Markets facilitates investment banking and capital markets transactions and aims to provide ... Read the full article
Hannover Re “takes advantage” of expanding alternative capital space: Henning Ludolphs
3rd October 2018
Germany-based reinsurance giant Hannover Re is embracing varied forms of alternative, or third-party reinsurance capital structures and solutions, and anticipates continued growth for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector in the future. Alternative reinsurance capital continues to grow its share of dedicated reinsurance capital, expanding to $95 billion during the first-quarter ... Read the full article
Potential for alternative capital to expand beyond nat cat: Hannover Re CEO Wallin
25th September 2018
As alternative capital continues to play an increasingly important role in the natural catastrophe space, Hannover Re’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ulrich Wallin has discussed the potential for these markets to be utilised in other areas of the reinsurance industry. Speaking in an interview with Reinsurance News, Wallin noted that, following ... Read the full article
Pricing will remain flat at 1/1 renewals: Fitch Ratings
25th September 2018
Although reinsurance pricing improved to some extent over 2018, abundant levels of underwriting capacity continue to absorb any increase in reinsurance demand, meaning rates are not expected to improve significantly at 1 January 2019 renewals, according to Fitch Ratings. Rates improvements were greatest at the January renewals in 2018, but subsequent ... Read the full article
Alternative reinsurance capital increasing in size and maturity: Aon Securities
9th September 2018
As at June 30th, 2018, the volume of alternative capital in the re/insurance industry reached a record $98 billion, according to the investment banking division of insurance and reinsurance broker Aon, Aon Securities. Aon Securities recently published its annual report on the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space, which highlights continued growth across ... Read the full article
Reinsurers adapting as alternative capital becomes permanent fixture: J.P. Morgan
31st August 2018
Reinsurers are adapting their business models in light of the market’s increasing reliance on alternative capital, which proved capable of absorbing large industry losses in 2017, and which may have ended the concept of ‘payback’ in the property & casualty (P&C) sector, according to analysts at J.P. Morgan. A report by ... Read the full article
Markel Corporation buying Nephila Capital, world’s largest ILS manager
31st August 2018
It's been announced that Markel Corporation is to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Nephila Holdings Limited, the largest manager of catastrophe and weather insurance and reinsurance linked investment funds in the world. Nephila manages $12.2 billion of assets under management (AuM) for a geographically diverse investor base of ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s agencies back alternative capital expansion: LMA survey
16th August 2018
An overwhelming majority of Lloyd’s managing agents support the continued use of alternative capital in the re/insurance market and believe that insurance-linked securities (ILS) transactions will expand beyond natural catastrophe risks, according to a survey by the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA). The LMA’s poll of senior executives from 25 managing agencies ... Read the full article
Alternative capital transforming the reinsurance market: S&P Global
15th August 2018
As third-party capital from Insurance Linked Securitisation (ILS) continues to flow abundantly into the market, reinsurers have increasingly turned to instruments such as sidecars, collateralised reinsurance, and catastrophe bonds in order to increase premiums whilst maintaining net exposures - says S&P Global Ratings in a report published today. Even after severe ... Read the full article
Property cat reinsurers “untenable” without alternative capital: WTW
13th August 2018
Re/insurance broker Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has suggested that it may now be “essentially untenable” for property catastrophe reinsurers to rely solely on equity without some access to alternative capital, as the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market sees a surge in activity over 2018. WTW’s Q2 ILS Market Update report observed that ... Read the full article
FEMA completes $500mn NFIP cat bond reinsurance deal
1st August 2018
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has successfully secured $500 million of reinsurance for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) from the capital markets with the issuance of its FloodSmart Re 2018-1 catastrophe bond. The transaction, which was backed by more than 35 capital markets investors, significantly expands FEMA’s reinsurance program, ... Read the full article
FEMA increases NFIP cat bond reinsurance value to $500mn
26th July 2018
The U.S Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has significantly increased the scope of the capital markets reinsurance that it has secured for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) via the issuance of its first catastrophe bond to $500 million. Issued via FloodSmart Re, a Bermuda domiciled special purpose insurance vehicle, Read the full article
FEMA launches first NFIP cat bond via FloodSmart Re
19th July 2018
The U.S Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has launched its first catastrophe bond to transfer risk from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to the capital markets. Issued via FloodSmart Re, a Bermuda domiciled special purpose insurance vehicle, the catastrophe bond will attempt to secure $275 million of reinsurance protection for ... Read the full article
Alternative capital market still reliant on property catastrophe risk: Johansmeyer, PCS
12th July 2018
The issuance of catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) transactions during the first-half of 2018 remained strong, and there's an opportunity for the alternative reinsurance capital market to enter new regions and lines of business, ultimately transitioning away from its reliance on property catastrophe risks. Catastrophe loss data aggregator, PCS, highlights ... Read the full article
Catastrophe bond & ILS market is going from “strength to strength”
10th July 2018
Catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance was at the second highest level ever recorded during the second-quarter of 2018, with $5.16 billion generated from 26 deals and 46 tranches of notes, according to Artemis' Q2 2018 Catastrophe Bond & ILS Market Report. When combined with the record-breaking level ... Read the full article
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