This was the fifth session of the day from our Artemis London 2022 conference, held on September 6th, 2022. 

The event was Artemis' first insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference held in the City of London and saw more than 240 attendees enjoy a wide-range of sessions and networking opportunities. 

Themed largely around the catastrophe bond, attendees heard from expert speakers that have been in the sector for years, as well as newcomers with ideas of how to innovate the cat bond and ILS market going forwards. 

Attendees came from as far afield as New Zealand, Hawaii, Asia, North and South America, Bermuda, as well as a large European contingent, plus as you’d expect numerous London marketplace leaders in ILS and reinsurance. 

This fifth session from the event features a keynote speech from the CFO and COO of Lloyd's, Burkhard Keese. 

During his keynote, Burkhard Keese explained Lloyd's evolving approach to insurance-linked securities (ILS) and its appetite to expand its use of ILS structures to work directly with investors that want to supply third-party capital directly into the market. 

"We have introduced London Bridge to open up the London market, the Lloyd's market, to institutional investors in an easy and modern way. 

"Yes it took, I would say, at least ten years longer than it took in Bermuda and Guernsey, but we are now there," Keese explained. 

Listen to this full podcast episode of Burkhard Keese's keynote speech for more insights into the Lloyd's insurance and reinsurance market's growing appetite for working with ILS investors