Sebastien Iaxx
Head of Portfolio Management - Capital Partners
RenaissanceRe
Sebastien leads portfolio management across catastrophe bonds and private ILS at RenaissanceRe, drawing on extensive experience in risk analytics, underwriting and investment strategy. At the Summit, he will discuss risk selection, market dynamics and the return drivers shaping how sophisticated allocators integrate ILS into diversified portfolios.
SESSIONS
1:30
Investor Fireside Chat: ILS Coming of Age — What Happens Next In A Maturing Market?
What continues to drive ILS demand: uncorrelated returns, yield, transparency, and short-duration floating-rate structures
Growth in size and range of risk transferred in 2025 demonstrated the continued maturity of the market
The next frontier: shifting from pure growth to stability in a larger market, and closing the “transparency gap” in catastrophe risk
How capital should be used and understood: balance sheet vs income statement protection, and the role of investor psychology in cat markets
Sebastien Iaxx, Head of Portfolio Management - Capital Partners, RenaissanceRe
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