CalPERS, the largest public pension fund in the United States, had previously disclosed investments in catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategies valued at $1.451 billion at the end of 2025, but new documents seen by Artemis show that the giant investor had further room to grow in the asset class.
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While the hard market in property insurance and reinsurance has ended and the direction of travel for rates is generally down, Ian Beaton CEO of global specialty re/insurer Ark said he still feels there is rate adequacy this year and maybe into next. But, given the investor interest in casualty ILS, he was less certain […]
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Following the recent launch of Hamilton Insurance Group’s first casualty reinsurance sidecar, Craig Howie, Group Chief Financial Officer, explained that the sidecar enhances Hamilton’s ability to support casualty reinsurance underwriting through scalable and efficient capital solutions.
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Price guidance has been lowered again for the latest catastrophe bond for the Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (MPIUA), with the range of spreads on offer reduced a second time for both tranches of the $150 million Mayflower Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis understands.
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UCITS catastrophe bond funds delivered an average return of 0.36% through the month of May, taking the year-to-date 2026 return through May 29th to 2.28%, while rolling twelve month performance declined slightly to 10.18%, according to the latest data from the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices.
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The rapid expansion of digital infrastructure creates exposures traditional insurance markets are struggling to absorb. But alternative risk transfer (ART) solutions provide buyers with tools to reshape data center risk and create insurable structures where traditional capacity falls short, with insurance-linked securities emerging as a primary strategy, according to Aon.
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Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending June 7th 2026, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics. To ensure you never miss a thing subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates or get our email alerts for every article we publish.
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Over the last few year’s we’ve noticed increasing interest in the insurance-linked securities asset class as an investment opportunity from institutions in Latin America and now pensions in Chile have reportedly begun allocating to catastrophe bonds.
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Property catastrophe reinsurance programs in Southeast US states have undergone a fundamental shift. Far from a supplementary capital pool, the Rule 144A catastrophe bond market has evolved into a fundamental element of regional risk placement, an integration that has inverted historical market norms over the last five years, according to Adam Schwebach, Head of Property, […]
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Isaac Anthony, CEO of CCRIF SPC, the regional parametric risk pool for the Caribbean and Central America, has announced that the organisation grew its coverage by 9% to US $1.57 billion, and introduced new members ahead of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season.
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A new assessment by Moody’s shows that the United States faces a widening gap between growing flood risk and the take-up of flood insurance, potentially exposing the country to more than $375 billion in aggregated uninsured flood losses from a 1-in-100-year event.
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The Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (MPIUA) is now seeking lower pricing for its latest catastrophe bond, while the target remains to secure $150 million or more in multi-peril aggregate reinsurance protection through the Mayflower Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis has learned.
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Arch Capital Group has returned to the catastrophe bond market for its third sponsorship, targeting $100 million of capital markets backed property catastrophe retrocession for peak North American perils from a Ramble Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis can report.
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Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. has completed its Catastrophe Excess of Loss Reinsurance Program for the 2026-2027 treaty year, securing a meaningful $5.463 billion of total aggregate reinsurance limit, representing a 65% increase from last year’s $3.304 billion.
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