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Insurtech Accelerant launches $175mn reinsurance sidecar vehicle
24th August 2022
Insurtech platform Accelerant has launched a new $175 million sidecar investment vehicle, called Flywheel Re. The new sidecar will provide multi-year risk capital to Accelerant and its cohort of underwriting-led specialist members. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC served as exclusive placement agent to Accelerant and Sidley Austin LLP acted as legal counsel. Founded ... Read the full article
SCOR’s Atlas Gotland reinsurance sidecar secures $200m investment from Alecta
12th January 2022
French reinsurer SCOR has secured a $200 million investment from the Swedish pension fund Alecta into its Atlas Gotland Worldwide Catastrophe Sidecar, a segregated account of the firm's newly created special purpose reinsurer, Atlas Re in Bermuda. Yesterday, Alecta announced an investment of $250 million into Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Investment ... Read the full article
CCR Re raises 22% more capital at 157 Re reinsurance sidecar renewal
12th January 2022
French state-owned reinsurer, CCR Re, has announced the successful renewal of its collateralised reinsurance sidecar, 157 Re, for 2022 despite a constrained retrocession market. This is the fourth time CCR Re has sponsored its 157 Re sidecar and this year, the company succeeded in raising 22% more capital than in ... Read the full article
MS Amlin launches $37.5mn Asia focused SPRV Phoenix 2 Re
6th January 2022
Specialty insurer and reinsurer, MS Amlin Underwriting Limited (MS AUL), has returned to the capital markets for its second Asia focused collateralised reinsurance sidecar arrangement, with a $37.5 million special purpose reinsurance vehicle (SPRV); Phoenix 2 Re Pte. Ltd. Launched by MS AUL's Singapore-based business, MS Amlin Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. ... Read the full article
R&Q’s H1 premiums rise as legacy insurance sidecar Gibson Re launches
6th September 2021
Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. (R&Q) has announced a pre-tax operating loss of $23.5 million for the first half 2021 against a gain of $12.8 million a year earlier. The firm has also launched Gibson Re, a legacy insurance sidecar vehicle. According to R&Q, the H1 2021 operating loss is ... Read the full article
CCR Re successfully renews 157 Re reinsurance sidecar for 2021
18th January 2021
French state-owned reinsurer CCR Re has announced the successful renewal of its 157 Re collateralised reinsurance sidecar for 2021 at an undisclosed size. With its third annual issuance, the sidecar has all of its assets invested in bonds issued by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). According to CCR Re, ... Read the full article
Third-party capital & ILS assets rise in 2020 as market shows signs of recovery
14th January 2021
Third-party reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) assets under management (AuM) of the top-ten ILS fund and third-party reinsurance capital managers increased to more than $61 billion through H2 2020, led by Nephila Capital, LGT ILS Partners, Fermat Capital Management, and Leadenhall Capital Partners. Data featured in the Artemis Insurance ... Read the full article
Peak Re renews, expands Lion Rock Re sidecar for 2020
7th January 2020
Hong Kong-based global reinsurer Peak Re has renewed and upsized Lion Rock Re, the first Asian sidecar. At $77 million, Lion Rock Re II saw investors exceed the $75 million raised by the sidecar’s first iteration in 2018. To effect the arrangement, Lion Rock Re II entered into an exclusive quota ... Read the full article
AXIS expands capital markets reinsurance support with $39m Alturas Re sidecar issuance
2nd July 2019
Bermudian insurer and reinsurer AXIS Capital Holdings Limited has sponsored a $39 million issuance of notes to its collateralised reinsurance sidecar, Alturas Re Ltd. The latest issuance is the third of this year and takes the total amount of capital backing the sidecar vehicle to $169 million for 2019. As reported by ... Read the full article
Liberty Mutual completes latest Limestone Re transaction
2nd July 2019
Liberty Mutual has announced the successful renewal of its expiring Limestone Re 2018-1 placement, securing $240 million of reinsurance capacity from the capital markets for its U.S. property catastrophe program and global treaty property reinsurance business. The new transaction, which utilises the Limestone Re capital markets platform, is comprised of $135 ... Read the full article
157 Re provides valuable diversification for the expanding CCR Re
30th April 2019
The establishment of the first French domiciled collateralised reinsurance sidecar vehicle by state-backed CCR Re, supports the reinsurer’s ambitions to expand and diversify its catastrophe portfolio, according to Bertrand Labilloy, CEO of CCR Re. Launched at the end of March, 2019, 157 Re will assume a 25% quota share of the ... Read the full article
Hamilton Re raises $65mn collateralised capacity from sidecar Turing Re
5th April 2019
Hamilton Re, the reinsurance arm of Bermuda-based Hamilton Insurance Group, has secured $65 million of collateralised capacity through its special purpose sidecar vehicle, Turing Re Ltd. The capacity was obtained through the issuance of the Series 2019-1 preference shares from Turing Re in a syndicated private placement, the reinsurer explained. Turing Re ... Read the full article
CCR Re creates first France-domiciled reinsurance sidecar
28th March 2019
CCR Re has announced that it has set up the first reinsurance sidecar vehicle to be domiciled in France, called 157 Re. 157 Re will assume a 25% quota share of CCR Re’s worldwide property cat portfolio to provide the reinsurer with fully collateralised capacity to support its organic growth. CCR Re ... Read the full article
Argo Group renews Harambee Re sidecar for sixth time
10th January 2019
Specialty re/insurer Argo Group International has announced the renewal of its Harambee Re sidecar for 2019, the sixth time since its launch in 2013. Much like in 2018, the collateralised vehicle will provide Argo with additional catastrophe capacity for specific property portfolios underwritten by Ariel Re, which has served as Argo’s ... Read the full article
Peak Re secures $75mn of retrocession in Asia’s first sidecar deal
10th December 2018
Hong Kong domiciled reinsurer, Peak Reinsurance Company Limited (Peak Re), has secured $75 million of collateralised retrocession from private investors via its new Bermuda-domiciled special purpose insurer, Lion Rock Re Ltd. The deal is Asia’s first sidecar transaction and Peak Re claims that it represents an important milestone for the region’s ... Read the full article
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