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ILS managers

  • Axa Investment Managers has won a new ILS mandate from a Dutch institutional investor, the company told Trading Risk.
  • Bermudian fund management giant Nephila has signed a deal with Technical Risk Underwriters, a Ryan Specialty Group managing general agency, to provide US property capacity.
  • Markel said that buying an ILS manager of Catco's scale gave it a jump-start compared to the slow slog needed to build up its own platform, as it hinted at further growth plans for the business.
  • More reinsurers are likely to follow Markel's lead in acquiring an ILS fund, Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA) co-CEO Rafal Walkiewicz said.
  • Kiskadee Investment Managers has launched a new Bermudian special purpose insurer Cardinal Re that it says will enable it to do transactions with third-party capital more quickly.
  • ILS Capital Management has taken over weather managing general agency Excessweather and brought its leader John Warwick into the company to set up a London office
  • ILS Capital Management has taken over weather managing general agency Excessweather and brought its leader John Warwick into the company to set up a London office
  • Lloyd's have granted in-principle approval for Barbican to launch a new syndicate that will be funded by Credit Suisse Asset Management's ILS team.
  • Markel is set to buy "substantially all" of Bermudian retro manager Catco Investment Management for an undisclosed sum, the companies announced today (10 September).
  • M&A no panacea; New Orleans project; Nephila staffs MGA; United establishes sidecar; PacRe drops rating; Amlin's Leadenhall fees; RSA-Zurich talks; PartnerRe accepts Exor bid
  • Swedish governmental fund AP3 kept its reinsurance portfolio relatively steady over the first half of 2015.
  • The £12.9bn BBC Pension Scheme terminated its mandate with Nephila Capital in the financial year ended 31 March 2015, according to the fund's latest annual report.
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