This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. While it has been growing its cyber underwriting business, specialist insurer Beazley has also implemented a robust hedging strategy to control the tail, recently securing a $290 million cyber industry loss warranty (ILW) cover and securing its third…
Category: Industry Loss Warranty
Twelve Capital brings second private cat bond of year, a $10m Dodeka 2024-2
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Twelve Capital, the Swiss headquartered insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance investment manager, has successfully completed its second private catastrophe bond issuance of the year, bringing a $10 million Dodeka 2024-2 deal to market. Just over a month ago,…
Nephila’s hedging & portfolio actions in best interests of investors: Noble, Markel
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Hedging and portfolio management actions undertaken by Nephila Capital, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) operation of Markel, are in the best interests of investors in the face of a potentially active hurricane season, Jeremy Noble, President of Insurance at…
Cat bonds still favourite, conviction rises on private ILS & retro investments: K2 Advisors
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Despite the recent spread widening seen in catastrophe bonds, K2 Advisors, the hedge fund focused investment management unit of Franklin Templeton, continues to favor the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class and cat bonds in particular remain its top-pick…
City National Rochdale mutual ILW fund sees slight growth to $227.4m
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. The City National Rochdale Select Strategies Fund, a US mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund focused on investments into industry-loss warranties (ILW’s) and industry-index trigger catastrophe bonds, saw slight growth through the latest quarter of record, ending April 2024…
Twelve Capital completes $15m Dodeka 2024-1 private catastrophe bond
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Twelve Capital, the Swiss headquartered insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance investment manager, has successfully completed a new $15 million Dodeka 2024-1 private catastrophe bond, which is the manager’s twenty seventh issuance in the Dodeka series. It’s the first…
Parametric structures minimise or eliminate limitations of ILWs: Skyline Partners
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Industry loss warranties (ILWs) remain a useful and well-established instrument within the capital management toolbox of risk carriers, but do have their drawbacks, some of which can be mitigated or removed entirely by a parametric structure, according to…
ILS market yield potential remains attractive, cat bonds still top-pick: K2 Advisors
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. K2 Advisors, the hedge fund focused investment management unit of Franklin Templeton, believes that the forward-looking total yield potential of insurance-linked securities (ILS) remains attractive despite recent spread tightening, leading the manager to keep catastrophe bonds as its…
City National Rochdale mutual ILW fund delivers 15.6% return
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. The City National Rochdale Select Strategies Fund, a US mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund focused on investments into industry-loss warranties (ILW’s) and industry-index trigger catastrophe bonds, delivered its strongest annual performance in the last year, with an almost…
ILW market activity rising, as preparations for hurricane season begin
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. According to Artemis’ sources, activity in the industry-loss warranty (ILW) market has increased in the last few weeks, as reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) markets prepare for what is anticipated to be an active 2024 Atlantic hurricane season….