RenaissanceRe keeps ILS investors waiting while loading up on retro

Global reinsurance and ILS group RenaissanceRe has two competing approaches to third party capital as the market softens: holding off on flows into its ILS vehicles despite strong investor demand, but buying up retro capacity hard and fast across lines to protect its own balance sheet, officials have indicated during the Q2 earnings call.

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