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The Corporation of Lloyd’s crackdown on poorly performing syndicates in the wake of 2017’s market-wide £2bn ($2.7bn) pre-tax loss could open avenues for ILS players.
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Stone Ridge increased its share of Swiss Re’s Sector Re sidecar in the April renewal, investing $187mn in its newest class of issuances.
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The carrier is now the top-ranking insurer among sidecar sponsors Liberty Mutual’s Limestone Re vehicle is now the third-largest quota-share reinsurance sidecar vehicle on the market, based on Trading Risk records, as its total capacity reached $700mn.
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Secquaero Advisors CEO Dirk Lohmann was named the outstanding contributor of the year at the Trading Risk awards held in New York in June.
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Last year the hot topic was how the ILS market would respond to the challenge of reloading after the string of hurricanes. But this year, the tables have turned.
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The top 10 ILS managers expanded their asset bases by just under 7 percent to $67bn in the first half of 2018. -
Dividing the sector between in-house and external management could become more common, say two leading institutional investors in ILS.
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The fund invested $187mn in Swiss Re’s Sector Re sidecar during the quarter to 30 April as a surge of inflows offset investment write-downs.
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Heading into 2018, the fund's returns stabilised with few new weather events occurring.
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Private and public deals give the nearly $700mn total for on-risk Limestone funds.
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Credit Suisse’s launch of Bermudian reinsurer Bernina Re shows a continued trend of major ILS managers developing in-house platforms that free up their reliance on fronting partners.
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Gulf reinsurer Oxbridge Re has licensed its new Oxbridge Re NS vehicle and issued a tranche of notes.
