Artemis Live - Insurance-linked securities (ILS), catastrophe bonds (cat bonds), reinsurance

Cory Anger, Managing Director of GC Securities, the capital markets and insurance-linked securities (ILS) unit of reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, joined us to discuss the state of the catastrophe bond and ILS market, under the lens of the Covid-19 pandemic.  Anger noted the strong start to the year for catastrophe bond issuance in 2020 and said that despite the initial hit caused by the pandemic...

Luca Albertini, CEO of London headquartered insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance related investments manger Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP, joined us for a discussion about the state of ILS and reinsurance under Covid-19 pandemic conditions.  Albertini noted the ability of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bond market to bounce back from the initial effects of bro...

Our latest interview saw us joined by Stephan Ruoff the Deputy Head of insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset manager Schroder Secquaero, a specialist division of global investment group Schroders.  During our discussion, Stephan explained that it seemed to take the reinsurance and ILS industry longer than expected to begin to understand the exposure it faces from the pandemic, as it is unprecede...

In this episode we thought it would be interesting to discuss Florida market reinsurance renewal conditions, through the lens of our vantage point as analysts of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bond market. The Florida focused June 1st 2020 reinsurance renewal is fast approaching and using the ILS and cat bond market as a benchmark, it's clear that pricing and renewal rates a...

David Flandro of Hyperion X, the data and analytics focused unit of the Hyperion Insurance Group, joined us for a discussion on the insurance and reinsurance market impacts of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. David told us that, "There seems to be pretty healthy investment appetite for alternative capital products, even products that are non-cyclical rather than non-correlative."  He explained t...

We were delighted to speak with Paul Schultz, CEO of Aon Securities, the specialist capital markets and insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused division of insurance and reinsurance broker Aon.  Paul discussed the state of the catastrophe bond market, broader cat bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market trends, as well as the impacts of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic across insurance...

We review the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market at the end of the first-quarter of 2020, looking at new cat bond risk capital issued and the composition of transactions completed during the quarter. For the first time in any first-quarter and a rarity in any period, catastrophe bond and ILS new issuance exceeded $5 billion in Q1 2020.  Also impressive, is the fact almos...

We spoke with Frank Majors, co-CEO and President of Nephila Holdings, and a Director of Nephila Capital, to discuss the ongoing coronavirus pandemic plus his views on how this will impact insurance-linked securities (ILS), reinsurance and risk transfer in general.  Frank Majors of Nephila provided us with unique insights into how the largest insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund manager Nephila C...

We spoke with Tom Johansmeyer, Head of PCS (a Verisk unit), to explore a number of issues related to the global coronavirus pandemic. Johansmeyer explained the concept of silent pandemic risk and the threat it can pose to insurance and reinsurance portfolios, as well as the important role of hedging, including ILW's and the potential ramifications of Covid-19 for the ILS and reinsurance community.