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Jai Singh

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Jai Singh reports on the insurance linked securities (ILS) market, with a keen focus on the cat bond space. Having attained a postgraduate degree from Sheffield Hallam University in sports journalism, Jai’s first professional role saw him cover the London Stock Exchange, with a particular spotlight on the AIM market. Just a short while afterwards, Jai landed in the world of insurance at Insurance Insider.

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ILS investors

Calpers awards mandates to Swiss Re and Tangency Capital

The award of the mandates marks the California public pension plan’s entry into ILS.

Jai Singh, 16 October 2025
Talent

Hughes departs head of assumed retro & international cat role at PartnerRe

The carrier will continue to write assumed retro in Bermuda.

Jai Singh, 14 October 2025
Catastrophe bonds

Four major conversation points for the ILS market at Convergence 2025

Key topics include private ILS growth prospects and the longevity of longtail interest.

Jai Singh, 13 October 2025
ILS investors

New Zealand GSF appoints Elementum as ILS manager

Returns from cat risk investments stood at 20.1% for the year to 30 June 2025.

Jai Singh, 10 October 2025
Sidecars

Hannover Re in process of forming property cat sidecar

A cat-focused vehicle is “the missing piece” of Hannover Re’s ILS offerings, said Silke Sehm.

Jai Singh, 10 October 2025
ILS investors

Calamos Aksia Hedged Strategies Fund invests $311k in Medici Fund

The allocation is around 3% of the fund’s total assets.

Jai Singh, 09 October 2025
Catastrophe bonds

Twia projects 46% cut to reinsurance limits to $2.3bn for 2026

The insurer of last resort currently has $2.15bn of cat bond protection on risk.

Jai Singh, 08 October 2025
Talent

MS Amlin adds three underwriters to APAC team

Toh joins from Nephila, where he spent the last decade, bringing expertise in ILS.

Jai Singh, 08 October 2025
Talent

Twelve Securis’s Ye joins Arini Capital Management

The alternative asset manager was founded in 2021 with offices in London, New York and Abu Dhabi.

Jai Singh, 07 October 2025
Bermuda

Nascent makes strategic investment into actuarial consulting firm Sephira

Founder and CEO of Nascent Andre Perez will join Sephira’s board of directors.

Jai Singh, 07 October 2025
ILS investors

Australian and NZ investors revisit ILS due to returns amid volatility

Sources have said $1bn+ of fresh capital from the region is expected to be deployed in 2026.

Jai Singh, 06 October 2025
Bermuda

RenRe’s outlook moved to positive from stable by AM Best

Improved performance and growing investment returns played a role in the upgrade.

Jai Singh, 03 October 2025
Catastrophe bonds

Cat bond market yields hit 9.43% in September: Plenum

The figure comprises 5.48% of insurance discount margin and 3.96% of risk-free rate.

Jai Singh, 02 October 2025
Catastrophe bonds

Lane Financial predicts 10.5% return for cat bonds

Pricing has hit historically soft market lows, based on secondary market pricing.

Jai Singh, 01 October 2025
Talent

Nascent Group hires Rahman as SVP

Bellal Rahman joins from Catalina Life Re, where he was head of finance for two years.

Jai Singh, 30 September 2025
ILS managers

Stone Ridge ILS AuM grows 5.7% to $5.2bn

The manager’s largest ILS holding is in the cat-bond-heavy High Yield fund.

Jai Singh, 30 September 2025
ILS managers

ILS Advisers Index returns 1.58% in August

Cat bonds have outpaced the returns on private strategies in the year to date.

Jai Singh, 30 September 2025
Brokers

Williams joins AHJ Miller from Hiscox Re & ILS

Marlon Williams will focus on the placement of reinsurance and retro business.

Jai Singh, 29 September 2025
Basis risk and a small direct market are challenges for parametric ILS

Deals would need to be sized at $50mn plus for transfer to capital markets.

Jai Singh, 22 September 2025
ILS investors

Future Fund’s CIO Samild departs for a role with ADIC: reports

Samild held multiple roles including head of alternatives at the Future Fund.

Jai Singh, 18 September 2025
CEA risk-transfer program sized at $7.8bn as of 1 July

The CEA had $19.3bn of claim-paying capacity as of 31 July.

Jai Singh, 17 September 2025
Talent

Upaul joins Axa IM as ILS portfolio manager

Axa IM’s acquisition by BNP Paribas was confirmed in July this year.

Jai Singh, 16 September 2025
Perils lowers Cyclone Alfred estimate 14% to A$1.92bn

Losses were primarily driven by personal property lines.

Jai Singh, 12 September 2025
Brokers

Retro broker Fallon leaves Aon for Guy Carpenter

Nick Fallon is the latest in a string of retro-broker moves in the market.

Fiona Robertson, 11 September 2025

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