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ILS managers

  • Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance is offering to issue cat bond protection on behalf of Japanese corporates, the Nikkei Asian Review reported
  • The ILS market's future growth is likely to be spurred largely by collateralised reinsurance, according to Michael Stahel, partner and portfolio manager at LGT ILS Partners
  • Nephila Capital reopened its funds to accept a limited amount of capital this year after closing its doors for more than two years, according to co-founder and managing partner Greg Hagood
  • AlphaCat and Endurance stood out for increasing their gross catastrophe premiums year-on-year in the first quarter as most of the cat specialists tracked by Trading Risk reduced their premium base.
  • Fronting boosts Allianz; Lloyd's index in progress; Securis SPS drives Novae top-line growth; Kiskadee premiums up 37% in Q1; Hannover Re expands April cat portfolio; Athene set to IPO; TigerRisk opens ILS trading desk; ART signs 10-year wind risk swap
  • Hiscox's asset management platform Kiskadee Investment Managers wrote $67.7mn of gross written premium in Q1 2016, up 37 percent on the prior-year period, the (re)insurer announced today (10 May).
  • Retro-focused fund manager Markel Catco intends to appoint Lindsay Watson as chief underwriting officer after Graham Wood stepped down from the position
  • Leadenhall Capital Partners has added two new operational staff to its team, as its assets under management have grown 16 percent from the start of the year to reach $2.8bn.
  • Markel reported a small quarterly loss in its investment management segment in the first quarter, following its acquisition of Bermudian fund manager Catco last year.
  • Everest Re sidecar Mt Logan's assets under management (AuM) have gone past $900mn in an increase of 33 percent from the first quarter of last year, the carrier's CEO of reinsurance operations John Doucette said on an earnings call
  • Mt Logan Re has appointed former AIG executive Michael Beck to the new role of chief operations officer, the company announced today (25 April).
  • Japanese big three insurer Mitsui Sumitomo has hired Shin Sasaki as fund manager of its ILS fund Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management
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