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ILS has been a driver of innovation in reinsurance, Convergence 2025 attendees heard Wednesday. -
Mory Katz joined the broker earlier this year.
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The funds will combine credit and ILS holdings.
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Ryan Saul will work at Ledger’s broker-dealer subsidiary Ledger Capital Markets.
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The hire is the hedge fund manager’s third ILS appointment in the past year.
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Key topics include private ILS growth prospects and the longevity of longtail interest.
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Returns from cat risk investments stood at 20.1% for the year to 30 June 2025.
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A cat-focused vehicle is “the missing piece” of Hannover Re’s ILS offerings, said Silke Sehm.
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The allocation is around 3% of the fund’s total assets.
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The insurer of last resort currently has $2.15bn of cat bond protection on risk.
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The alternative asset manager was founded in 2021 with offices in London, New York and Abu Dhabi.
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It is understood around $1bn of premiums could be ceded to the proposed vehicle.
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Sources have said $1bn+ of fresh capital from the region is expected to be deployed in 2026.
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Improved performance and growing investment returns played a role in the upgrade.
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The figure comprises 5.48% of insurance discount margin and 3.96% of risk-free rate.
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Pricing has hit historically soft market lows, based on secondary market pricing.
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Bellal Rahman joins from Catalina Life Re, where he was head of finance for two years.
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The manager’s largest ILS holding is in the cat-bond-heavy High Yield fund.
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Cat bonds have outpaced the returns on private strategies in the year to date.
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The new Verisk SCS model is increasing expected losses on aggregate bonds.
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The ILS services specialist has worked in the ILS market in Bermuda for 10 years.
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Charles Mixon joined the firm a year ago in a business development role.
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The resource was developed by leading ILS managers and investors.
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Deals would need to be sized at $50mn plus for transfer to capital markets.
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