Best of Artemis, week ending June 14th 2026

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending June 14th 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 June 14th 2026:

1. CalPERS ILS commitments show room to grow investments in reinsurance and cat bonds
   CalPERS had previously disclosed investments in cat bond and ILS fund strategies valued at $1.451 billion at the end of 2025, but new documents show that the giant pension investor had further room to grow in the asset class.
2. Hamilton’s new sidecar a scalable capital solution, enhances casualty reinsurance support: CFO, Howie
   Following the recent launch of the group’s first casualty reinsurance sidecar, Craig Howie, Group Chief Financial Officer, explained that the sidecar enhances Hamilton’s ability to support casualty reinsurance underwriting through scalable and efficient capital solutions.
3. Property rates more than adequate this year. But casualty faces wall of investor interest: Beaton, Ark
   While the hard market in property insurance and reinsurance has ended and the direction of travel for rates is generally down, Ian Beaton CEO of global specialty re/insurer Ark said he still feels there is rate adequacy this year and maybe into next. But, given the investor interest in casualty ILS, he was less certain on the outlook for those longer-tailed lines.
4. Total catastrophe bond issuance hits $16.1bn YTD in 2026. 144A cat bonds over $15.8bn
   The total for settled catastrophe bond issuance across Rule 144A deals and the private cat bond transactions we have analysed so far in 2026 continues to rise, with the projected figures for H1 rising further since this article was published.
5. Announcing the first speakers for our Artemis London 2026 conference
   We are excited to begin announcing expert speakers for our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, Artemis London 2026. Join us in London on September 1st for a full-day of in-depth discussion about the ILS market and valuable networking.
6. Everest targets $530m of retro with two Kilimanjaro III Re catastrophe bond series
   Everest Re has returned to the catastrophe bond market in search of at least $530 million of multi-peril collateralized North America focused retrocession with three and four year tenure transactions.
7. Willis Re hires Guy Carpenter’s John Fletcher as CEO of Bermuda
   Willis Re has appointed reinsurance and retrocession veteran John Fletcher from Guy Carpenter as Chief Executive Officer of its Bermuda platform, effective immediately.
8. Mexico doubles parametric catastrophe insurance to ~$575m at 2026 renewal
   The government of Mexico has now finalised its main insurance protection for natural disasters and severe weather events for the coming year, doubling the size of its parametric catastrophe insurance arrangement to around US $575 million for 2026 into 2027.
9. Digital infrastructure expansion requires push in ILS and ART solutions: Aon
   The rapid expansion of digital infrastructure creates exposures traditional insurance markets are struggling to absorb. But alternative risk transfer (ART) solutions provide buyers with tools to reshape data center risk and create insurable structures where traditional capacity falls short, with insurance-linked securities emerging as a primary strategy, according to Aon.
10. Artemis Bermuda ILS Executive Roundtable 2026
    Read Artemis’ 2026 Bermuda ILS Executive Roundtable report, where industry leaders discussed the momentum being seen in catastrophe bonds and ILS this year, as well as the continued importance of Bermuda’s role in the market.

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 30 new articles published in the last week.

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