11 September 2016Alternative Risk Transfer

Win on insurance risk, not investment risk

The growth of both the insurance-linked securities market and other forms of collateral reinsurance has also meant an increase in the need for collateral requirements. The use of trusts is now outstripping letters of credit (LOCs) but re/insurers remain very conservative in the way they invest the assets in those funds.

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