ILS Capital Management is looking at converting its collateralised reinsurance company to a rated balance sheet, the firm’s managing partner Tom Libassi said at the Trading Risk New York conference.
LGT ILS Partners is now transacting 70 percent of its reinsurance book on a rated basis through its A rated Lumen Re platform, partner and portfolio manager Michael Stahel has confirmed.
The discussions are very much at the early stage with any developments likely to be in “phase two or three”, according to Lloyd’s regional director for the APAC region.
Avoiding a “bucketing” approach to risk-taking will help the ILS industry fill in the insurance protection gaps, according to Fermat managing director John Seo.
As more ILS managers look into setting up rated platforms, commentary from two of the latest firms considering this move highlights the variety of motivations that are driving the trend.
Experts have forecast that the cat bond market will rebound heading into 2020 following low issuance this year, with a diverse crop of maturities likely to drive more favourable dynamics for sponsors.
The number of assignment of benefits claims in Florida increased by 40.9 percent year on year in June before the implementation of the state’s new laws designed to stamp out abuses of the system.
Managing director Philipp Graf said the new arrangement with Allen Partners would bring the full suite of Twelve’s products to institutional investors in Australia and New Zealand.
Aon Securities CEO Paul Schultz has predicted that growth will return to the ILS market in the second half of the year after it dropped by $5bn year on year to 30 June.
Hurricane data provider Tropical Storm Risk predicts there is an 85 percent chance of the US mainland being hit by Category 1 hurricane conditions in the next 21 hours.
The institutional asset manager ownership model could help the ILS asset class shed its niche feel, Secquaero founder Dirk Lohmann suggested to Trading Risk.
The ILS market has broadly welcomed moves by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) to create a new collateralised insurance vehicle, but opinions vary on whether the new rules will prove to be onerous.
Stone Ridge Asset Management has once again been forced to ration redemption requests at its interval fund after investors sought to cash out nearly a quarter of the fund’s share base, Trading Risk can reveal.
The Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) fund nearly doubled its ILS investments as it reloaded after the 2017 catastrophe losses, taking its holdings in the sector to $803mn at 30 June 2018.
The maturity dates for Blue Halo Re Series 2016-1 Class A and Resilience Re Series 1861A notes have been extended, according to the Bermuda Stock Exchange.
The ratings agency has warned that, if reinsurers and ILS fund managers fail to price differentiate among carriers, they will contribute to the commoditisation of catastrophic risk.
The state is “still a cash cow for reinsurers” as over the past decade the Florida reinsurance combined ratio has been running at 79-80 percent, according to the analysts.
Stone Ridge’s reinsurance interval fund fell to $5.02bn of assets by early March, after an increase in investor redemption requests in its latest quarterly buyback.
The changes in insurer appetite to participate in the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund and new guidelines from ratings agency Demotech could create opportunities for the ILS market.