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Calidris Investment Partners launched by Philippe Trahan and Daniel Miller

2 days ago | artemis.bm | Steve Evans

Calidris Investment Partners has been launched as a Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance opportunities focused investment start-up by former Ontario Teachers’ insurance-linked securities (ILS) specialist Philippe Trahan and former Blackstone insurance transaction specialist Daniel Miller.
Hannover Re shares €438 in losses with ILS in Q1, grows 10.4% at April renewal

2 days ago | artemis.bm | Steve Evans

Hannover Re has reported going “significantly” above its large loss budget for the first-quarter of 2025 with the California wildfires the main driver at a cost of EUR 631 million, saying that it shared EUR 438 million of its large natural catastrophe losses with insurance-linked securities (ILS) capital sources during the period.
Munich Re pegs LA wildfire losses at €1.1bn, cites "market challenges" at April 1st

2 days ago | artemis.bm | Steve Evans

Munich Re reported a quarterly profit of €1.1 billion for the start of 2025 despite suffering the same amount in losses from the California wildfires. But the company also cited “market challenges” and growing pressure at the April renewals and while still expanding in premium terms, did reduce in certain areas like property XL. Previously, Munich Re had pre-announced an expectation of paying around €1.2 billion in losses for the January wildfires in California.
UCITS cat bond funds positive for April, but flat at first pricing in May

3 days ago | artemis.bm | Steve Evans

We’ve published this article as our earlier piece on UCITS catastrophe bond fund performance was incorrect, there was an error in the data we had received. Based on new data, the average return of UCITS cat bond funds tracked by the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices was flat at the first pricing in May, but April was a positive month extending return-gains made so far this year.
Legacy market opportunity to collaborate with ILS highlighted at IRLA event

3 days ago | artemis.bm | Steve Evans

At the Insurance & Reinsurance Legacy Association (IRLA) annual Congress event held in Brighton today, speakers highlighted the opportunity to innovate alongside the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market and sources of alternative capital, to provide solutions to aid in exit liquidity and support casualty ILS transactions.
Strong cat bond issuance takes some excess cash out, prices a little firmer: K2 Advisors

3 days ago | artemis.bm | Steve Evans

Robust catastrophe bond issuance in the first and now second quarter of 2025 seems to have taken some of the excess cash out of the market, leading to a little more firmness in pricing of late, K2 Advisors, the hedge fund focused investment management unit of Franklin Templeton has noted. In the firm’s last quarterly updated K2 Advisors explained that meaningful catastrophe bond issuance was required to absorb excess cash in the marketplace.
The casualty ILS investment opportunity - ILS NYC 2025 video

3 days ago | artemis.bm | Steve Evans

This video features an expert panel discussing the opportunity for investors in the growing casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) space at our Artemis ILS NYC 2025 conference, which was held in New York on February 7th 2025.
UCITS catastrophe bond fund Index dented by market losses in April

3 days ago | artemis.bm | Steve Evans

UCITS catastrophe bond fund strategies averaged a -0.28% return for the month of April 2025, according to the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices, as the impacts of mark-to-market and soon to be realised losses dented performance for the month.
SI Re grows ILS investments to EUR 84.5m, with "pleasing returns" in 2024

3 days ago | artemis.bm | Steve Evans

Signal Iduna Reinsurance Ltd. (SI Re), the Swiss based reinsurance company that invests in insurance-linked securities (ILS) for their diversification and return effects, has grown its ILS portfolio to EUR 84.5 million in 2024 and cited “pleasing returns” for the year. SI Re has reported that its ILS investments grew to make up 10.3% of its investment portfolio in 2024, with improved performance from the allocation last year.
Australian weather claims reach AU $1.5bn. Alfred, Queensland flood costs rise: ICA

3 days ago | artemis.bm | Steve Evans

The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has released new figures on the two major severe weather catastrophes that have affected Australia so far in 2025, putting the combined claims burden for the insurance and reinsurance industry so far at AU $1.5 billion, which remains low compared to some industry loss estimates. The two catastrophe loss events covered in this update are tropical Cyclone Alfred in March and the North Queensland floods in February.