Archive for April, 2026

The Government of the United Kingdom through HM Treasury has now published its response to the July 2025 consultation on a more flexible and extended risk transformation regime, saying it will pass reforms through legislature to promote insurance-linked securities (ILS) innovation in the country and facilitate a wider range of transaction structures.

Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation has now successfully secured $150 million of fully-collateralized named storm reinsurance through its sponsorship of the new Bayou Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) catastrophe bond, pricing the notes below the initial guidance, Artemis can report.

The Travelers Companies, the US property & casualty insurance giant, is back in the catastrophe bond market initially targeting $500 million of multi-peril reinsurance protection covering losses in northeast states from a Long Point Re IV Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis has learned.

Nephila Capital’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund management revenues reported within parent Markel’s results rose by an impressive 59% year-on-year, to reach $40.5 million in the first-quarter of 2026.

RenaissanceRe reported a 209% increase in fee income earned from its range of reinsurance joint venture vehicles and insurance-linked securities structures in the first-quarter, while investors benefitted from meaningful income and opted to take profits after the strong performance of these strategies.

US military mutual insurer USAA is now aiming to upsize its new catastrophe bond, with the revised target now being to secure between $800 million and as much as $825 million of reinsurance protection from the Residential Reinsurance 2026 Limited (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis has learned.

A recent survey of insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors conducted by reinsurance broker Gallagher Re and Gallagher Securities reveals a notable rise in market appetite for 2026. The findings indicate that a clear majority of both specialist and generalist allocators intend to expand their exposure to insurance-related assets over the next two years.

Whilst the casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) space continues to emerge as a transformative capital source for long-tail risk, Yulia Bruskova argues that ILS investors in casualty risk deserve the same level of transparency in exposure and systemic risk understanding that natural catastrophe investors have long been receiving.

Our latest video features another panel discussion from Artemis ILS NYC 2026, a session focused on the expanding range of investment opportunities in the ILS asset class, from our tenth catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference in the ILS NYC series, held on February 6th 2026 in New York.

London market insurance and reinsurance firms, including at Lloyd’s, have increased their use of alternative capital and insurance-linked securities in recent years. But while this is seen as supportive of their returns-on-equity and cycle management capabilities, it may also exacerbate rate softening AM Best warns.