Best of Artemis, week ending June 28th 2026

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending June 28th 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 28th 2026:

1. Swiss Re renames ILS investment management unit Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Strategies Inc.
   Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Strategies Inc. is the new name for the global reinsurance firm’s dedicated insurance-linked securities investment management business, as Swiss Re looks to provide a clearer representation of the value proposition of this unit.
2. Florida Citizens renews $2.82bn of reinsurance & cat bonds. Cites 30% YoY price decline
   Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation has now finalised its reinsurance risk transfer tower of almost $2.82 billion for 2026, securing $691 million of traditional reinsurance at the June 1 renewals, to add to its $2.125 billion of outstanding catastrophe bond protection.
3. Swiss Re launches Alternative Capital Solutions team led by Wiget, for ILS and retro hedging
   Swiss Re is launching a new Alternative Capital Solutions unit to encompass its activities in insurance-linked securities and retrocessional hedging and execution, with long-standing senior employee Mirjam Wiget set to lead the team.
4. AXA XL secures $67.5m Galileo Re 2026-1 retro catastrophe bond coverage
   AXA XL has been back in the catastrophe bond market in recent weeks, securing $67.5 million of retrocessional protection from a now-priced Galileo Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance that we have been told was more privately offered than its previous deals.
5. ILS managers, third-party investors backed 52% of Florida Citizens traditional reinsurance
   Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation once again benefited from meaningful ILS manager and capital markets support for its traditional reinsurance needs in 2026, with these third-party capital investors taking 52% of the placement, while Nephila Capital was the largest single participant.
6. Why modeling hurricane frequency drives better ILS investment decisions over vendor models: Schroders Capital’s Hohermuth
   A new study, co-authored by Dr. Benjamin Hohermuth of Schroders Capital, alongside researchers from ETH Zurich, MeteoSwiss, and Stanford University, suggests that standard vendor models used by the majority of insurance-linked securities (ILS) managers contain inherent limitations by overlooking changes in hurricane frequency.
7. Second wave of speakers for our Artemis London 2026 conference
   As our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference Artemis London 2026 moves closer, we’re delighted to announce four more expert speakers.
8. Porch sponsoring debut $100m Harbor Crest Re 2026-1 catastrophe bond
   Porch Group has entered the catastrophe bond market for the first time, aiming to secure $100 million in multi-peril collateralized catastrophe reinsurance through a debut Harbor Crest Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance.
9. Everest secures upsized $630m of retrocession from new Kilimanjaro III Re cat bonds
   Everest Group has now priced its latest catastrophe bonds, securing the upsized $630 million of multi-peril collateralized North America focused retrocession from its new Kilimanjaro III Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) and Kilimanjaro III Re Ltd. (Series 2026-2) transactions, while the six tranches of notes all priced at their lowest ends of guidance.
10. Liberty Mutual Re & Safehub support parametric earthquake & volcanic insurance for Mexico
    Liberty Mutual Reinsurance (LM Re) and Safehub have partnered to provide the Mexican federal government with a new nationwide parametric earthquake and volcanic risk insurance solution.

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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