ILS funds experience strong returns in February

The average return of insurance-linked securities and reinsurance-linked investment funds, as determined by the Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Index, reached 0.73% in February 2013, rising from 0.68% in January, reported Artemis.bm.

This represents the best performance the Index has recorded for February since 2010.

ILS Advisers said that the main driver for this solid performance was the tightening of prices in the secondary cat bond market, Artemis reported.

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