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Global asset management group Schroders observed a mixed outcome at the January 1st, 2018 renewals, with insurance-linked securities (ILS) business experiencing lower-than-anticipated rate increases across all lines, according to Dirk Lohmann, CEO of Secquaero Advisors AG and Daniel Ineichen, Head of ILS Portfolio Management at Schroders.
In a recent webcast, the pair discussed the performance and response of the ILS, or alternative reinsurance market at the January 2018 renewals, in light of the devastating impacts of third and fourth-quarter 2017 catastrophe events. Secquaero Advisors acts as exclusive investment advisor on structuring, origination and other matters to Schroders in its ILS business.