Archive for February, 2026

American Integrity Insurance Company is now seeking lower pricing for its latest Integrity Re III Ltd. (Series 2026-1) catastrophe bond, while the target size of the issuance has been adjusted again to between $240 million and $260 million of named storm reinsurance, Artemis has learned.

Allstate is now aiming to secure by far the largest amount of reinsurance limit from a single visit to the catastrophe bond market in its long-history as a sponsor, with now $1.2 billion of multi-peril protection sought from the dual issuances of Sanders Re IV Ltd. (Series 2026-1A) and Sanders Re III Ltd. (Series 2026-1B) […]

Catastrophe data aggregator PERILS has provided its first insurance industry loss estimate for extratropical European windstorm Goretti that affected southwestern England, northern France and Belgium on January 8th and January 9th, at EUR 467 million.

Slide Insurance Company has now priced its new Purple Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) catastrophe bond transaction, successfully securing the 28% upsized target of $320 million in multi-year collateralized named storm reinsurance limit at below guidance pricing, Artemis has learned.

Global re/insurer QBE has again been a beneficiary of improved reinsurance renewal market conditions at January 1st 2026, with an outcome that has allowed the company to further reduce the retentions for its main catastrophe reinsurance tower, with the company citing an “excellent” renewal.

US insurer Allstate has announced estimated pre-tax catastrophe losses of $175 million for January 2026, primarily related to recent winter storm Fern in the United States, which has lifted the total for the current annual aggregate risk period for the firm’s catastrophe bonds to $2.932 billion.

SageSure, the fast-growing catastrophe-exposed property specialist MGU, has now moved up to third in the Artemis catastrophe bond sponsor leaderboard, with just over $3.1 billion in risk capital outstanding across cat bonds for related underwriting entities, thanks to the closing of its largest $670 million Gateway Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is aiming to issue its first catastrophe bond in the coming months, with the parametric deal expected to be around $120 million – $150 million in size, designed to protect both the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan against earthquake and flood risks over a three-year term.

The California FAIR Plan Association has raised the target size of its second catastrophe bond sponsorship again, with now $400 million of capital markets backed wildfire reinsurance protection sought from the Golden Bear Re Ltd. (Series 2026-2) cat bond issuance, Artemis understands.

Augment Risk, the risk capital and reinsurance solutions broking firm, has expanded its Latin American platform by adding specialist weather parametric and structured weather risk transfer capabilities.