SSREY - ILS Funds Achieve 0.51% January 2019 Return Despite Continued Loss Creep
Insurance-linked securities ((ILS)) and reinsurance-linked investment funds managed to achieve a slightly below average monthly return of 0.51% in January 2019, despite the continued impact of loss creep from previous events.
The impact of the last two years of catastrophe losses continues to affect the ILS fund market, even resulting in a delay in the reporting of the figures from the Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Index this month as well as the removal of one Markel CATCo fund that has yet to report a January return.
But, despite this, the 0.51% return achieved in January 2019