Archive for July, 2026

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending July 5th 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.

A new report from S&P Global Ratings highlights a structural shift in the sidecar market, as casualty reinsurance sidecars have grown to account for approximately 10% of total sidecar capacity. Driven by a wave of recent high-profile launches these vehicles are attracting alternative capital by offering returns largely uncorrelated with broader financial markets.

For German insurance group BarmeniaGothaer the recent completion of its debut catastrophe bond sponsorship underpins its resilience to extreme events, while also offering useful single peril flood reinsurance coverage, CFO Harald Epple has said about the €100 million Yardstick Re DAC (Series 2026-1) issuance.

Munich Re, the German headquartered global reinsurance giant, has appointed property treaty underwriting specialist Lisa Benhalima as a Manager Structuring within its Global Insurance Linked Securities Solutions team.

Insurance-linked securities investment fund strategies, across catastrophe bonds and private ILS, delivered another positive month of performance in May 2026, averaging a return of 0.43%, according to the ILS Advisers Fund Index

Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP, the specialist insurance-linked securities investment manager, has now secured an upsized $75 million of US named storm and earthquake protection for rated reinsurance platform Nectaris Re, as the firm’s debut Arthur Re Ltd. – Tranquil Re 2026-1 catastrophe bond has now been priced at the low-end of initial guidance, Artemis can […]

Australian insurance giant Suncorp has extended the top of its main catastrophe tower slightly to $6.4 billion at the mid-year 2026 reinsurance renewals, while maintaining its retention and now having the benefit of the aggregate reinsurance arrangement it purchased earlier in the year to minimise exposure to frequency loss events.

As the sidecar market continues to expand, the traditional view of these vehicles as pure, non-correlated diversifiers is shifting. The growing adoption of casualty and multi-line exposures introduces long-tail dynamics that are inherently tied to broader macroeconomic factors like social and economic inflation. However, according to Kroll, for investors, this transition transforms the valuation process […]

Following the recent closure of German insurer Gothaer’s €100 million Yardstick Re DAC (Series 2026-1) flood catastrophe bond, analysts at Moody’s Ratings explained how the agency looked beyond just the standard model outputs when it came to rating the first-ever pure German flood cat bond, due to the bond having a very remote risk of […]

The recently settled $75 million Arthur Re Ltd. – Woody Re 2026-1 catastrophe bond represents an “important step” for The Fidelis Partnership in building out reinsurance capacity to support its Syndicate 3123 at Lloyd’s as it grows, according to David Woods, Head of Portfolio & Exposure and Ireland Chief Executive Officer.