The Florida Retirement System Pension Plan, which is administered by the Florida State Board of Administration, increased its allocations to natural catastrophe insurance-linked securities (ILS) in advance of the mid-year 2024 reinsurance renewals, but has adopted a more cautious stance for 1/1 as it assesses whether the hard market is declining.With some $198 billion in … Read more
Enstar, the legacy and run-off reinsurance specialist, has developed a flexible finality solution for insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors. With the Forward Exit Option (FOE) already put to work in a recent transaction, Anguel Zaprianov explained to Artemis in an interview that its application potential is broad.This year, Enstar has doubled-down on the opportunity it sees … Read more
K2 Advisors, the hedge fund focused investment management unit of Franklin Templeton, has maintained its overweight view on the catastrophe bond and broader insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class for the fourth-quarter, citing opportunities it sees in the market as well as the still historically high yields that are available.The investment manager says, on ILS in … Read more
Investment manager Amundi US has continued to attract capital to its most recently launched dedicated insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy, as the Pioneer CAT Bond Fund has now reached $426 million in assets, now roughly tripling in size over the course of 2024 so far.This success in raising capital for the investment manager’s first dedicated … Read more
Unbiased, licensed insurance coverage supervisor, Polo Insurance coverage Managers (PIM), presents optionality and a novel proposition, offering impartial skilled administration providers to ILS, Industrial and Captive purchasers, Chief Govt Officer (CEO) Mark Elliott advised Artemis at this yr’s RVS in Monte Carlo.Guernsey based mostly PIM specialises within the creation and administration of insurance coverage and … Read more
