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Latest ILS, cat bond & reinsurance capital news
Best of Artemis, week ending September 13th 2026
9 hours agoHiscox Capital Partners hires Dang as Portfolio Manager, from SCOR IP
11th September 2026Ariel Re sees growing role for ILS in cyber exposure landscape: Carr
11th September 2026Reinsurance offers strong diversification with total return potential: US Bank
11th September 2026Cat Bond & ILS Market Stats
2026 ISSUANCE
$18.9 billion.
OUTSTANDING MARKET
$65.6 billion.
Figures include 144a property cat bonds, other cat bonds & private cat bonds. Find mortgage ILS issuance here.
Launch DashboardILS Market Charts
Latest Catastrophe Bonds
| Issuer | $ |
| Artex Axcell Re Grantham | $20m |
| Armor Re II 2026-2 | $25.5m |
| Artex Axcell Re FE0004 | $60m |
| Seaside Re 2026-61 | $14.94m |
| 3264 Re 2026-1 | $200m |
| Find 1,250+ ILS transactions in our catastrophe bond & insurance-linked securities Deal Directory. | |
ILS Market Charts
Q2 2026 Report – Cat bond market shows high bars are set to be broken, as records fall again
Cat bond market momentum accelerated in the second-quarter of the year and a record 48 transactions comprised of 80 tranches of notes brought a record $11.3 billion of new risk capital to market.
Reinsurance renewal news & analysis
Read our reporting, insight and analysis of the main reinsurance renewals, when a large proportion of global reinsurance program terms are renewed and repriced. Reinsurance rates have shifted to the first true hard market environment for over a decade, resulting in steep price increases.
Read our reinsurance renewal coverage here.
Using this chart you can analyse the yield, or return potential, of the outstanding catastrophe bond market over time. If you’ve ever wondered “what is the yield on cat bonds” or “what is the yield of the catastrophe bond market”, now you can precisely find that out.
Analyse the yield of the cat bond market here.
Catastrophe Bonds
Appleby secures growth investment from New Mountain Capital
14th September 2026ILS Funds
Arch Re promoted Roberts to Head of ILS, hired Neyme as ILS Portfolio Manager
14th September 2026Interviews
Ariel Re sees growing role for ILS in cyber exposure landscape: Carr
11th September 2026People Moves
Arch Re promoted Roberts to Head of ILS, hired Neyme as ILS Portfolio Manager
14th September 2026
Hiscox Capital Partners hires Dang as Portfolio Manager, from SCOR IP
11th September 2026
Parametric triggers
Descartes and Generali renew parametric insurance partnership
3rd September 2026
Cyber cat bonds & ILS
Ariel Re sees growing role for ILS in cyber exposure landscape: Carr
11th September 2026
Reinsurance sidecars
Arch Re promoted Roberts to Head of ILS, hired Neyme as ILS Portfolio Manager
14th September 2026
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