Category: Parametric insurance
Generali seeking to renew its “green cat bond” with EUR200m Lion Re DAC
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Italian and global insurance giant Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. is looking to renew its soon to mature green catastrophe bond with a new EUR 200 million Lion Re DAC transaction now in the market, that targets European windstorm and…
Cat bonds have emerged as a socially responsible investment: Man Group
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. The stable return profile of catastrophe bonds and their historically low correlation with broader financial markets have traditionally been the main reasons investors considered an allocation of cat bonds into their portfolio, however, more recently, investors have started…
Schroders Capital invested $817m+ in ILS that help reduce protection gap in 2023
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. During the full-year 2023, the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) team at private markets focused investment manager Schroders Capital allocated over US $817 million to transactions that specifically help in reducing the insurance protection gap. Schroders Capital…
Generali updates insurance-linked securities framework to “green, social & sustainable”
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Italian and global insurance giant Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. has revised its framework for green catastrophe bonds to incorporate updates and expand its scope, now publishing a Green, Social and Sustainability Insurance-linked Securities Framework in its place. Generali was…
Banque Bonhôte launches ESG fund strategy incorporating catastrophe bonds
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Banque Bonhôte & Cie, a Swiss private bank, investment firm and wealth manager, has announced the launch of a new environmental, social and governance (ESG) focused fund strategy that will incorporate catastrophe bonds as one of its allocations.…
Tokio Marine is first Japanese cat bond sponsor to use sustainable development bond
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co. Ltd., has become the first Japanese insurer to make use of a SOFR-based World Bank Sustainable Development Bond as a permitted investment within its…
Bermuda’s BMA aims to better facilitate parametric climate-related re/insurance
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has laid out its plans for 2024, with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Craig Swan highlighting specific opportunities in parametric risk transfer for climate insurance. The 2024 business plan of Bermuda’s financial regulator contains…
Beazley Smart Tracker capital raise “heavily oversubscribed” for 2024: Roscoe
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. The capital raise for the 2024 underwriting year for London headquartered specialty insurance and reinsurance firm Beazley’s third-party capital backed Smart Tracker syndicate 5623 was “heavily oversubscribed” and the structure remains on-track to deliver a fourth consecutive year…
TransRe’s Craig Hupper to retire from company at year-end
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Craig Hupper, an executive from global reinsurance company TransRe who is well-known and liked in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) community, is set to retire from the firm at the end of this year, Artemis has learned. Craig Hupper…
When it comes to ESG, ILS manager selection matters: Frontier Advisors
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. While the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector has strengthened its governance practices considerably in recent years, when it comes to environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations, ILS manager selection really matters, as there is variation in how ESG has…
