Stone Ridge CEO on ILS fund & Longtail Re performance

The investment firm had another strong year for its reinsurance investment strategies and ventures in 2024 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Web version |  Update preferences |  Forward Stone Ridge CEO on ILS fund & Longtail Re performance ILS NYC 2025 - Register to secure your place at the conference! Stone Ridge's flagship ILS fund returns 92% in two years, casualty reinsurer Longtail Re outperforms Stone Ridge Asset Management, the New York based alternative risk premia focused investment manager, had another strong year for its reinsurance investment strategies and ventures in 2024, which CEO Ross Stevens describes in his latest investor letter while also explaining some of what makes the firm so interesting. The annual investor letter is a must-read for insights into the company. Most interesting to us though, are the insights and hints given into how CEO Ross Stevens and Stone Ridge think about redesigning or optimising the rails that finance run on. Evidenced through the way the company is utilising structuring to develop opportunities that deliver benefits across multiple angles to the way the company faces the insurance and reinsurance market. Read the full story. Please share this with colleagues and friends if you think they would like to receive it. If you've been forwarded this but want to subscribe, visit Artemis.   You may be receiving this because you recently attended an industry event we partnered with, giving us permission to email you. If you don't want to receive our weekly ILS, catastrophe bond and reinsurance capital newsletter please Unsubscribe  or Edit your subscription here . © Steve Evans Ltd. - Artemis.bm

Easing of retro market bolstered 1/1 renewal capacity: Aon

This resulted in a situation where capital was more than adequate to meet growing client demand, the broker said ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Web version |  Update preferences |  Forward Easing of retro market bolstered 1/1 renewal capacity: Aon ILS NYC 2025 - Register to secure your place at the conference! Easing of retro market conditions bolstered 1/1 reinsurance renewal capacity: Aon An easing of conditions in the retrocession market has helped to bolster capacity in advance of the January 1st 2025 reinsurance renewals, resulting in a situation where capital was more than adequate to meet growing client demand, broker Aon has said today. Overall, reinsurance capital providers showed greater flexibility to buyers after a second year in a row of strong results, Aon explained. The expansion of available capacity was more than sufficient to complete the January 2025 reinsurance renewals even as global demand for protection continued to rise through 2024. Read the full story. Please share this with colleagues and friends if you think they would like to receive it. If you've been forwarded this but want to subscribe, visit Artemis.   You may be receiving this because you recently attended an industry event we partnered with, giving us permission to email you. If you don't want to receive our weekly ILS, catastrophe bond and reinsurance capital newsletter please Unsubscribe  or Edit your subscription here . © Steve Evans Ltd. - Artemis.bm

Munich Re sponsors largest Eden Re sidecar Class A tranche since 2019

The larger issuance for 2025 suggests rising investor appetite for reinsurance sidecar investments ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Web version |  Update preferences |  Forward Munich Re sponsors new Eden Re II sidecar ILS NYC 2025 - Register to secure your place at the conference! Munich Re starts Eden Re II 2025 sidecar with $64.5m Class A notes, largest since 2019 Munich Re has been back in the capital markets to secure quota share based retrocession and to start the 2025 sidecar arrangement for the reinsurer, its Eden Re II Ltd. collateralized reinsurance vehicle has issued $64.5 million of Series 2025-1 Class A notes, which is the largest Class A tranche from the structure since 2019. Munich Re, one of the world's largest reinsurance firms, has been accessing capital markets investor sources of supportive quota share capacity through an Eden Re sidecar vehicle since 2014. This year's first tranche of sidecar notes being much larger than a year ago reflects rising investor appetite for these structures. Read the full story. Please share this with colleagues and friends if you think they would like to receive it. If you've been forwarded this but want to subscribe, visit Artemis.   You may be receiving this because you recently attended an industry event we partnered with, giving us permission to email you. If you don't want to receive our weekly ILS, catastrophe bond and reinsurance capital newsletter please Unsubscribe  or Edit your subscription here . © Steve Evans Ltd. - Artemis.bm

Best of Artemis, week ending December 29th 2024

Catch up on our top stories of the last week ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Web version |  Update preferences |  Forward Best of Artemis, week ending December 29th 2024 Last week's top stories ILS NYC 2025 - Register now to secure your place! Taiping Re to sponsor Silk Road Re catastrophe bond out of Hong Kong Taiping Reinsurance Company (Taiping Re), a Hong Kong based reinsurer that is part of the state-backed China Taiping Insurance Group, is in the process of sponsoring its first catastrophe bond, with a Silk Road Re Limited transaction set to be issued out of Hong Kong. Cat bond issuance breaks all records in 2024. Market grows 10% to $49.44bn Catastrophe bond market records are falling in 2024 and set to be beaten on most fronts, with overall issuance recorded in the Artemis Deal Directory reaching a new high of almost $17.7 billion for the year, including a record $17.24 billion of Rule 144A cat bonds, driving a new end-of-year outstanding market record and cat bond market growth of 10%. Pagnani & Manghnani launch ILS manager King Ridge. Will portfolio manage first cat bond ETF King Ridge Capital Advisors LLC has been launched as a new insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager by sector specialists Rick Pagnani and Vijay Manghnani, Artemis understands. We've learned that the new company has already reached a sub-advisory agreement to take on portfolio management duties for the awaited first catastrophe bond ETF. Sustained strong catastrophe reinsurance profits ahead, if terms/attachments stick: KBW Analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) are the second group to say that the returns generated from catastrophe reinsurance risk underwriting and capital allocation can remain strong, just so long as the industry remains disciplined on attachments, terms and conditions. Silk Road Re cat bond gives Taiping Re $35m of 3-year China quake / US wind retro We've learned a few more details about the new Silk Road Re Limited catastrophe bond transaction that is set to be issued out of Hong Kong, with the notes set to provide sponsor Taiping Reinsurance Company (Taiping Re) with a US $35 million source of three years of retrocessional protection. ILS market M&A consolidation can help attract more institutional capital: Stonybrook The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market should become more streamlined and professionalised if mergers and acquisitions (M&A) consolidate players, which Stonybrook Capital believes can help in attracting more institutional capital to the sector. QBE gets $250m Bridge Street Re cat bond priced 14% below initial mid-point QBE, the Australia headquartered global insurance and reinsurance group, has now secured its targeted $250 million of retrocessional protection from its first catastrophe bond sponsorship since 2013, as the Bridge Street Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance has now been priced roughly 14% below the mid-point of initial guidance. Galapagos Capital pre-authorised for structure to issue ILS in Brazil Galapagos Capital, a global investment company headquartered in Brazil that offers a range of investment management, banking and financial services, has received pre-authorisation from the insurance regulator SUSEP to establish an issuer of Letra de Risco de Seguro (Insurance Risk Letters), which are Brazil's own type of insurance-linked securities (ILS). Bermuda market increased ILW, quota share, retrocession use in 2023 According to new survey data collected by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance companies made increased use of industry-loss warranties (ILW's), quota share arrangements and retrocession in 2023. Martin Reith to work with Acrisure's Ben Canagaretna on third-party capital initiatives Acrisure has appointed Martin Reith as Executive Chairman of Volante, a Lloyd's business with managing general agent (MGA) operations, which will see him also advise Ben Canagaretna, Managing Director of Acrisure Re Corporate Advisory and Solutions (ARCAS), as well as review and provide advice on Acrisure's interest in accessing third-party capital. Featured Conferences & Events ILS NYC 2025 - Register to attend   February 7th, 2025 Our annual New York insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference will be back in 2025, please save the date. Tickets are now available. Register to attend ILS NYC 2025! 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