Franklin Templeton stays strongly overweight cat bonds, as risk-adjusted returns appealing
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions, the more hedge fund focused part of the global asset manager, has maintained its strongly overweight conviction on the…
Ambassador Fund hits $537m as cat bond holdings grow. Private ILW investments steady
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. The Ambassador US mutual catastrophe bond fund strategy operated by Embassy Asset Management grew its total insurance-linked securities (ILS) assets under management by…
PCS hires White to lead commercial strategy, names Gregory head of research & operations
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Property Claim Services (PCS), the unit of Verisk that is a provider of industry loss estimates and loss data to the reinsurance and…
June property cat renewals seen down ~10%. Jan 2026 down more without losses: KBW
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Analysts from KBW have said that reinsurance executives they met with recently are mostly expecting the June 1 renewals to see property catastrophe…
Strong cat bond issuance takes some excess cash out, prices a little firmer: K2 Advisors
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Robust catastrophe bond issuance in the first and now second quarter of 2025 seems to have taken some of the excess cash out…
Rochdale ILW & cat bond fund returns 11.77% with only modest catastrophe impacts
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. The City National Rochdale Select Strategies Fund, a mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) strategy focused on industry loss warranties (ILWs) and catastrophe bonds, delivered…
Acrisure Re hires Romeo & ILW specialist Gordon from Aon in Bermuda
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Acrisure Re, the reinsurance broking division of global firm Acrisure, has made some key hires in Bermuda, taking Roman Romeo, who joins the…
Ambassador mutual cat bond fund grows to $428m, more ILW investments made
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. The Ambassador US mutual catastrophe bond fund strategy operated by advisor Embassy Asset Management has now expanded its insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund’s assets…
Head of PCS Global Strategy and Growth Alex Mican to depart Verisk
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Artemis has learned that Alex Mican, the Head of PCS Global Strategy and Growth at Verisk Claims, is departing the company. We understand…
K2 Advisors says cat bond issuance must absorb cash, raises conviction on retro
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. K2 Advisors, the hedge fund focused investment management unit of Franklin Templeton, continues to overweight most insurance-linked securities (ILS), but in its outlook…