The catastrophe wind market is one of the most aggressively softening segments within the excess and surplus (E&S) lines property market, with rate decreases in the 20% to 30% range becoming “increasingly common”, according to wholesale insurance services provider CRC Group.
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According to a new working paper by catastrophe modelling specialist Reask and specialist insurance-linked securities investment manager LGT ILS Partners, a climate-conditioned Industry Loss Warranty (ILW) strategy can materially outperform traditional static modeling approaches.
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Catastrophe risk software provider KatRisk has acquired RED, a specialist provider of catastrophe models, including earthquake, flood, landslide, and wind risk models.
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Palomar Insurance Holdings has returned to the catastrophe bond market to sponsor its seventh issuance, with an initial $375 million target for a source of capital markets backed California earthquake and Hawaii named storm reinsurance from a new Torrey Pines Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) deal, Artemis has learned.
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Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) has now issued its April forecast update for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, reducing its extended range numbers from December and citing an expectation of moderate to strong El Nino conditions.
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One Alliance North America Insurance Company, the US domestic market homeowners and commercial lines specialist, has now raised the target size for its debut One Shield Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) catastrophe bond issuance, with the company now looking to secure up to $125 million of multi-peril reinsurance, Artemis has learned.
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Mapfre Re, the Spanish global reinsurance company, is back in the catastrophe bond market to sponsor its third deal, seeking $200 million or more in US named storm protection from a Recoletos Re DAC (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis can report.
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Howden Capital Markets & Advisory (HCMA), the capital markets and insurance-linked securities (ILS) specialist unit of broking group Howden, has launched a German entity in response to growing demand from European insurers and reinsurers for capital markets solutions and strategic transactions.
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The Colorado State University (CSU) tropical meteorology team has issued its first forecast for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, calling for “somewhat below-normal” levels of activity, citing the potential for a robust El Niño and associated increases in vertical wind shear as key factors.
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Stone Ridge Asset Management, the New York based alternative risk premia focused investment manager, has reported assets under management across its mutual catastrophe bond, insurance-linked securities and reinsurance fund strategies nearing $6.5 billion, now at their highest levels since late 2018.
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This new video features another panel discussion from Artemis ILS NYC 2026, a session focused on the cat bond marketplace, from our tenth catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference in the ILS NYC series, held on February 6th 2026 in New York.
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Catastrophe data aggregator PERILS has published its second industry loss estimate for extratropical windstorm Goretti, also known as Elli, that affected southwestern England, northern France and Belgium in early January, placing the insurance market loss at EUR 479 million.
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Florida Peninsula Insurance Company has for a second time lifted the targeted amount of reinsurance it is seeking from its latest catastrophe bond, with the Palm Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance now seeking $250 million of named storm reinsurance for the insurer, Artemis can report.
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Catastrophe bonds and private insurance-linked securities (ILS) largely deliver returns based on insurance and reinsurance risk premiums, but in an environment where uncertainty suggests upside risks to inflation, specialist investment manager Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP has explained how this can play into ILS returns as well.
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