Tradecraft ILS Advisors

Kyle is an experienced ILS professional and actuary.  He entered the insurance industry in 2002 and the ILS market in 2005.  His background includes a wide variety of roles, such as Head of ILS at AXIS (where he structured and sponsored the first ever 144A cyber cat bond and was responsible for casualty vehicles representing billions of dollars of assets), ILS Portfolio Manager at JPMorgan (where he managed sleeves of ILS instruments within several '40 Act mutual funds and UCITS funds), Head of ILS at AIR Worldwide (where he managed teams modeling catastrophe bonds and other ILS instruments), and Actuary at USAA (where he structured and placed the traditional reinsurance and the Res Re catastrophe bond programs).

Kyle is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries.  He has a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Virginia Tech and a master's degree in Mathematics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.  He also served in the US Navy as a submarine officer and nuclear engineer.

Tradecraft ILS Advisors is an advisory and consulting firm focused on the insurance-linked securities market.  Kyle's experience spans a range of insurance lines - from property catastrophe to casualty to cyber, a range of ILS products - from catastrophe bonds to property catastrophe sidecars and casualty vehicles, and a range of levels within organizations - from modeler and pricing actuary to portfolio manager to consultant to ILS team leader and board member.  

Tradecraft ILS Advisors can support your organization with strategic decision-making, transaction negotiations, contract structuring, and analysis.  

Whether you're new to the ILS market and need guidance on the basics or experienced ILS veterans looking to push the market forward with innovations, Tradecraft ILS Advisors can help you reach your goals.

Reach out to Tradecraft ILS Advisors at kyle.freeman@tradecraftils.com or +1-781-201-0187 to learn more.