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The Coca-Cola Company's pension fund has a 5 percent allocation to the ILS sector spread across two mandates, including London-based ILS fund manager Securis Investment Partners.
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Several pension funds with significant investments in the ILS sector have been reducing their allocations to the asset class over the past year as spreads compress.
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The average ILS fund gained 0.31 percent in April, as measured by the Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Index, the market's worst April since 2011.
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Catco has bought back $5.8mn of shares in the London-listed Catco Reinsurance Opportunities Fund in a move that continues its active approach to capital management this year.
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Pillar profits up for Alleghany; GreyCastle buys XL life business; Dutch pension fund SPF eyes up cat bonds
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Over the past year the number of reinsurer sidecars and collateralised vehicles has proliferated, allowing reinsurers to leverage their underwriting expertise and distribution networks and giving investors exposure to unique asset classes
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Nephila Capital is among the reinsurers that have provided new primary insurance capacity for expansive US hurricane managing general agency (MGA) AmRisc in 2014, sister publication The Insurance Insider reported
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Investors are expanding the array of risks they are interested in as they seek to diversify their reinsurance portfolios, according to Mike Millette, global head of structured finance at Goldman Sachs
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Alternative reinsurers and cat bond investors captured 17.6 percent of premiums ceded by the top 10 Florida personal and commercial residential insurers in 2013, up from 14 percent in 2012, according to data collected by Trading Risk
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A number of specialist managers have been investigating signing up for leveraging facilities as ILS spreads fall to single-digit yields, with two US banks willing to offer such arrangements, sources said.
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Lorenz investors earn 25% in first year; Lancashire property premiums drop 11%; Axis offers agriculture business to third-party capital
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The two largest reinsurer-backed fund managers reported significant reductions to their gross premium base in the first quarter, reflecting the impact of falling catastrophe rates
