Best of Artemis, week ending May 31st 2026

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending May 31st 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 May 31st 2026:

1. The return of “Humpty Dumpty” as Florida reinsurance conditions ease?
   As reinsurance market conditions ease meaningfully for Florida based insurers at the mid-year renewals, an analyst report has cited American Integrity CEO Bob Ritchie as saying the easing is around more than just price, with improvements in terms and conditions suggesting “Humpty Dumpty is getting put back together.”
2. 56% of planned US data centres are in catastrophe exposed locations: MS Amlin
   A new analysis from Lloyd’s global specialist re/insurer MS Amlin has revealed that 56% of the 670 planned US data centre projects representing nearly $800 billion in investment, are located in states that are highly exposed to either hurricanes, severe convective storms, earthquakes or winterstorms.
3. More details on State Farm’s new $1.5bn Merna Re cat bonds, all annual aggregate protection
   We have now sourced additional details about the recent $1.5 billion of catastrophe bond’s sponsored by US insurer State Farm. We’ve learned that the entire meaningful reinsurance limit provided by these newly issued notes is designed to provide the insurer with multi-year and multi-peril annual aggregate protection.
4. Florida renewal risk-adjusted pricing down 15% to 20% across many layers: Guy Carpenter
   Property catastrophe reinsurance pricing has declined by 15% to 20% across many layers of the tower at the June 1st renewals according to broker Guy Carpenter, who highlighted improved property insurance market conditions, strong reinsurer balance-sheets and rising investor appetite as key drivers of the renewal dynamics.
5. RenRe saw stronger reinsurance demand ahead of mid-year renewals, CUO Marra
   RenaissanceRe Group Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) David Marra highlighted during the firm’s Q1 2026 earnings call, that new demand for reinsurance protection ahead of the key mid-year renewals was trending higher than the company initially projected at the January 1st renewals.
6. Mid-year renewals seen down 15-20%+, cat bonds more of a competitive threat: Dutt, Aeolus
   The mid-year 2026 property catastrophe reinsurance renewals are seeing pricing outcomes skewing towards the worst end of a -15% to-20%+ range, while catastrophe bonds have become more of a competitive threat to reinsurers now given longer-durations of cover and better rates, according to Aditya Dutt, President of Aeolus Capital Management.
7. Buckle and subsidiary Gateway sue China Construction Bank over Vesttoo LOC fraud
   Buckle, now a fronting specialist for MGA programs and previously a rideshare and gig insurance company, has become the latest to reveal issues caused by fraudulent reinsurance letters of credit linked to Vesttoo and is now suing the purported LOC provider China Construction Bank for damages.
8. NOAA forecasts 55% chance of below-normal Atlantic hurricane season, as El Nino nears
   US weather agency NOAA anticipates an 82% chance of El Niño between May to July and with the warm phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation seen to moderate tropical activity in the Atlantic, the first forecast from NOAA for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is for a 55% chance of below-normal activity levels.
9. Korean Re secures targeted $75m multi-peril retro through second Solomon Re cat bond
   Korean Re has now secured the targeted $75 million of multi-peril retrocession from its Solomon Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) catastrophe bond sponsorship, with the notes pricing at top and bottom ends of guidance.
10. ILS valuation now a ‘core determinant’ of market credibility, Smyth, Nascent Group
    In recent years, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has expanded from a niche property catastrophe tool into a broader and more complex asset class, and with that evolution, valuation has also moved from a reporting exercise into a core determinant of market credibility, according to Andy Smyth of Nascent Group.

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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