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insurance-linked securities
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) are a specialist asset class where capital market investors allocate to instruments exposed to insurance and reinsurance risks.
Read our insurance-linked securities news and analysis below.
Enact completes sixth mortgage insurance-linked note transaction
16th November 2023
Enact Holdings' flagship legal entity, Enact Mortgage Insurance Corporation, has secured $248 million of fully collateralized excess of loss reinsurance coverage through the issuance of an insurance-linked note transaction with Triangle Re 2023-1 Ltd. According to Enact, the transaction provides coverage on a portfolio of existing seasoned mortgage insurance policies written ... Read the full article
Arch gets $233m+ of mortgage reinsurance through latest Bellemeade Re deal
1st November 2023
Arch Mortgage Insurance Company (Arch MI) has obtained over $233 million of indemnity reinsurance on a pool representing approximately $32.4 billion of mortgages from Bellemeade Re 2023-1 Ltd., a special purpose reinsurer. The coverage was obtained by issuing approximately $186 million in bonds and $46 million in direct reinsurance, Arch explained. "This ... Read the full article
Mortgage ILS issuance on the rise as incumbents turn to capital markets for reinsurance
20th October 2023
The issuance of mortgage insurance-linked securities (ILS) transactions appears to be gaining traction after a muted 18 months, as major US mortgage insurers turn to the capital markets for reinsurance protection. Data from Artemis, our ILS-focused sister site, reveals that mortgage ILS issuance hit an annual high of roughly $6.3 ... Read the full article
AXIS sponsors first ever 144a cyber catastrophe bond
18th October 2023
As first reported by our insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused sister site, Artemis, Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer AXIS Capital Holdings has sponsored the world's first full 144a cyber catastrophe bond, a $75 million Long Walk Reinsurance Ltd. (Series 2023-1) transaction. Artemis sources confirmed that this cyber cat bond will provide ... Read the full article
Bermuda remains the ILS jurisdiction of choice
12th October 2023
With the outstanding catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) market at an all time high on the back of a record-breaking first half of the year, the industry is meeting in Bermuda over the next two days for the annual Convergence event to discuss the market ... Read the full article
Radian closes $353m mortgage insurance-linked notes transaction
6th October 2023
Radian Group Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary, Radian Guaranty, has obtained $353 million of fully collateralized excess of loss reinsurance coverage from Eagle Re 2023-1 Ltd. covering eligible mortgage insurance policies written by Radian Guaranty from April 1 to December 31, 2022. Eagle Re has funded its reinsurance obligations by issuing four ... Read the full article
Catastrophe bond market on track for record year despite muted Q3: Report
4th October 2023
Catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance in the first nine months of 2023 increased approximately $2 billion year-on-year to $10.9 billion, with $549 million of new risk capital brought to market in the third-quarter, according to the latest Artemis report. The Artemis Q3 2023 cat ... Read the full article
PwC Bermuda offering ‘completely integrated’ because of ILS: Megan Green
17th August 2023
The growth and influence of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space has led to a convergence of the service offering PwC Bermuda provides to its clients, according to Megan Green, a Partner in the PwC Bermuda Asset Management Assurance Group. In a recent interview with our ILS focused ... Read the full article
Swiss Re structures Blackstone’s first indemnity cat bond
20th July 2023
Swiss Re Capital Markets has successfully structured and placed the issuance of USD 250 million of insurance-linked securities issued with respect to certain real estate funds managed or controlled by affiliates of Blackstone Inc. under Wrigley Re Ltd. This Wrigley Re Ltd. (Series 2023-1) transaction is Blackstone's first indemnity cat ... Read the full article
Catastrophe bond market reaches new heights in Q2 2023: Report
6th July 2023
A huge $7.1 billion of catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance featured in the second-quarter of 2023, taking first-half issuance to a record of more than $10.3 billion, according to the latest quarterly report from our ILS-focused sister publication, Artemis. Data from the ... Read the full article
Reinsurance support plays a large role in the cyber insurance market: Moody’s
8th June 2023
According to analysts at Moody's, reinsurance support plays a large role in the cyber insurance market, as primary insurers continue to reinsure cyber risk through quota share arrangements to obtain expertise and capital protection. Citing Gallagher Re's 1st View Emerging Equilibrium published in January this year, Moody's notes that reinsurance pricing ... Read the full article
ILS at crossroads as capital supply to remain low: AM Best
23rd March 2023
Analysts at AM Best have warned that the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market finds itself “at a crossroads” following several years of heightened catastrophe losses, and with the supply of capital set to remain low while investors re-assess the class. The rating agency notes that losses stemming from Hurricane Ian, after years ... Read the full article
SCOR’s ILS fund Atropos surpasses $2bn of assets under management
8th February 2023
SCOR Investment Partners has announced that its flagship Insurance-Linked Securities fund Atropos has surpassed $2 billion of assets under management. The firm's ILS platform, led by Sidney Rostan, also manages a second flagship fund alongside Atropos, the SCOR ILS Fund - Atropos Catbond Fund, which invests solely in catastrophe bonds and ... Read the full article
Cyber ILS deals a “stepping stone” to market acceptance: Fitch
3rd February 2023
Analysts at Fitch Ratings have said that the two recent public announcements of cyber risk transference by re/insurers to the capital markets through insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuances represent the potential for a broader reinsurance source for the risk. While development of the cyber risk transfer market requires further maturation of the ... Read the full article
Host of economic headwinds continue to constrain US ILS capital: Gallagher
12th January 2023
Analysts at Gallagher Securities have suggested the combination of Hurricane Ian losses, lacklustre returns results, the strong US dollar, and a large number of issuances since 2020 are leaving USD insurance-linked securities (ILS) capital constrained in terms of liquidity, implicating that risk spreads are widening materially. In addition, ILS capacity continues ... Read the full article
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