PartnerRe Ltd. announced that Andrew Hughes will join PartnerRe in the new role of CEO, Third Party Capital, subject to immigration approval. Hughes will be responsible for further developing and growing PartnerRe’s third-party capital initiatives. He will be based in …
Usage of insurance linked securities the first six months of 2020 is already 20% higher than all of 2019, underscoring the sector’s momentum and resilience even with the coronavirus pandemic, Aon Securities said in a new report. Aon traced a …
Peak Reinsurance Co. Ltd. has entered into definitive agreements to acquire 100% of the capital of Lutece Holdings Ltd. and its subsidiary Lutece Investment Management Ltd., a Bermuda-based insurance linked securities (ILS) asset manager. The transaction is subject to regulatory …
Canopius Group Ltd. has purchased a majority stake in Bermuda-based Multi-Strat Holdings Ltd. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. MultiStrat is a specialty reinsurance group that writes both prospective and retrospective casualty reinsurance sourced through select reinsurance intermediaries. …
Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. announced its insurance-linked securities (ILS) platform has a new name and a new lead executive. Formerly called Hamilton Capital Partners, the platform is now Hamilton ILS. Hanni Ali moves from his role as senior vice president, …
The January 2020 reinsurance renewals saw significant variation in pricing and capacity depending on geography, line of business, cedents’ loss record and client relationships, according to two reports published by brokers Guy Carpenter and Willis Re. Indeed, the market demonstrated …
Specialty insurer Brit Ltd. has launched Sussex Specialty Insurance Fund to offer insurance linked securities (ILS) investors access to Lloyd’s risk. It is the first ILS fund in the Lloyd’s of London market. The SIF will allow Sussex to offer …
Willis Re Securities reports it has structured and placed EUR 120 million of insurance-linked securities (ILS) to provide reinsurance capacity for Covéa Mutual Insurance Group, France’s largest domestic property/casualty insurance group. The transaction was executed in collaboration with Willis Towers …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced its captive and alternative risk transfer solutions subsidiary, Artex Risk Solutions Inc., has completed its purchase of Bermuda-based Horseshoe Insurance Services Holdings Ltd. Financial terms of the deal, which was first announced in October …
Property Claims Services (PCS), a Verisk subsidiary, has extended the catastrophe loss aggregation methodology, previously developed for use in Japan, to cover more territories in the region. Starting Jan. 1, 2020, PCS will report insured losses from catastrophe events in …
