Archive for July, 2026

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending July 19th 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.

Bamboo Ide8 Insurance Services, LLC, a data-driven insurance distribution platform, has finalised a multi-year sidecar transaction through Greenshoots Re, the first MGA-sponsored sidecar. The deal supports Bamboo’s new California admitted programme with MS Transverse.

Following the recent closure of the $75 million Arthur Re Ltd. – Tranquil Re 2026-1 catastrophe bond from ILS manager Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP for rated reinsurance platform Nectaris Re,  executives from Gallagher Securities, who acted as Sole Structuring Agent and Bookrunner for the transaction, highlighted how the issuance received strong investor demand across the […]

Andrew Poreda, Vice President, Senior Research Analyst at Sage Advisory Services, the fixed income and alternative solutions manager, has highlighted in a new report that catastrophe bonds are superior financial instruments across many risk metrics, with the analyst particularly flagging how they offer diversification to investors when they need it most.

US primary insurer Travelers increased its catastrophe bond coverage in 2026 to a staggering $750 million, while the carrier’s Northeast Property Catastrophe Excess-of-Loss Reinsurance July 1st renewal remains unchanged from the prior year in terms of coverage and retention.

A new restricted special purpose insurer (SPI) named Huygens Re Ltd. has been established in Bermuda, which we understand will become the dedicated structure for the insurance-linked securities investment into a quota share with reinsurance firm PartnerRe for PGGM, the Dutch pension fund investor.

In May, our sister publication Reinsurance News hosted its second Legacy Market Roundtable in Brighton, in partnership with global reinsurer Swiss Re. A takeaway from the 90-minute session was the shifting role of alternative capital within the casualty space, with one participant noting that this influx of capital could position the legacy industry as a […]

US insurer Allstate has announced an estimated pre-tax catastrophe loss burden for the month of June 2026 of $563 million. But the second-quarter 2026 total has now risen to $1.72 billion, which is a fairly heavy start for the annual aggregate year for the company’s catastrophe bonds.

A new study by Beazley, the London headquartered specialty insurance and reinsurance company, has highlighted how insurance-linked securities (ILS) and various alternative risk transfer solutions are key for mobilising risk capital for the energy transition.

Fermat Capital Management, the specialist catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has reached another high point in terms of its cat bond and ILS assets under management, surpassing the $11 billion milestone recently, Artemis can report.