Best of Artemis, week ending February 22nd 2026

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending February 22nd 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.

Ten most read articles on Artemis.bm, week ending February 22nd 2026:

1. Allstate raises target to $1.2bn for Sanders Re III & Sanders Re IV catastrophe bonds
   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) cat bond series.
2. Florida State pension invests $200m in Tangency Q/S fund, $200m in Nephila specialty vehicle
   The Florida State Board of Administration has further diversified its insurance-linked securities (ILS) allocations made on behalf of the Florida Retirement System Pension Plan, with $400 million invested across a quota share reinsurance strategy managed by Tangency Capital and a specialty lines opportunity managed by Nephila Capital.
3. Nephila hires former Openly / Everest exec Landi as Head of Strategic Growth
   Nephila Capital has hired experienced reinsurance and capital management executive Anthony Landi as Head of Strategic Growth for the firm’s Nephila Advisors investor relations and US business development division.
4. Plymouth Rock sponsoring debut catastrophe bond, $100m Tremont Re 2026-1
   Plymouth Rock, a northeast US regional insurer, is the latest first time catastrophe bond sponsor to enter the market, with the firm seeking $100 million in named storm reinsurance from investors through a Tremont Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance.
5. Hiscox Capital Partners launches to unite third-party capital & ILS at Hiscox Re
   Hiscox Re has announced the launch of Hiscox Capital Partners, which is set to bring together under a single structure all the capital partnership activity the organisation has managed for nearly two decades, including third-party capital and insurance-linked securities (ILS).
6. American Integrity targets lower pricing for now up to $260m Integrity Re III 2026-1 cat bond
   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.
7. Zurich grows aggregate cat reinsurance treaty for 2026, cites stable renewal, favourable pricing
   Zurich has renewed its catastrophe reinsurance at January 1st, placing more of its aggregate catastrophe treaty for 2026 to provide additional frequency protection, while finding market conditions stable and pricing favourable.
8. ADB aims to issue $120m-$150m parametric cat bond for Kyrgyz Republic & Tajikistan in H1’26
   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.
9. NCIUA seeks $400m Cape Lookout Re 2026-1 cat bond, its second with resilience feature
   The North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association (NCIUA) is back in the catastrophe bond market with an initial target to secure $400 million of annual aggregate named storm reinsurance protection from a new Cape Lookout Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, which will be its second with an embedded resilience bond feature.
10. SageSure moves up to third in our cat bond sponsor leaderboard, as largest Gateway Re closes
    SageSure 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.

This is not every article published on Artemis during the last week, just the most popular among our readers over the last seven days. There were 33 new articles published in the last week.

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