Best of Artemis, week ending November 1st 2026

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending November 1st 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 November 1st 2026:

1. Hannover Re collateralised fronting grows 10% in 2026. HCP plans two ILS fund strategies
   Hannover Re has continued to expand its collateralised fronting business this year, growing it 10% so far in 2026 according to executives from the company. While we’ve also learned that under its Hannover Re Capital Partners unit two insurance-linked securities fund strategies are planned for launch.
2. John Seo on 25 years in the catastrophe bond business: Artemis Live video interview
   With specialist catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager Fermat Capital Management celebrating its 25th birthday this year, for our latest Artemis Live video interview we spoke with co-founder and Managing Director of the firm John Seo.
3. Insurers lean on third-party capital, strategic partnerships to manage operating models: BlackRock
   BlackRock’s 15th annual survey of the global insurance industry found that insurance capital solutions have become a critical part of how insurers manage their businesses, highlighting that third-party capital partnerships can help allocate risk and capital more effectively, while preserving the capacity to compete, invest in growth, and meet policyholder obligations.
4. Sidecars and data centres key opportunity areas for HCMA in 2027: CEO Madea
   As the collateralized reinsurance sidecar market continues to expand, and momentum builds around the data centre build-out, Jarad Madea, Chief Executive Officer of Howden Capital Markets & Advisory (HCMA) told Artemis that those are key areas where HCMA sees future opportunities as the industry begins to head into 2027.
5. VIG Re seeks €50m Euro wind retro with debut Charles Bridge Re cat bond sponsorship
   VIG Re is the latest first-time sponsor to enter the catastrophe bond market, as the company seeks a €50 million or greater source of fully-collateralized European windstorm retrocession through a Charles Bridge Re 2026 DAC issuance.
6. RenRe raised $150m for new Lighthouse Cat Bond Fund, reports $81.7m of Q3 fee income
   RenaissanceRe raised $150 million of capital for a new catastrophe bond strategy in the third-quarter, with the Lighthouse Cat Bond Fund launched as a managed account sitting under its Upsilon vehicle.
7. Evolving ILS capital landscape an opportunity. Broker facilities no threat: RenRe CEO O’Donnell
   RenaissanceRe CEO Kevin O’Donnell explained during the firm’s third-quarter earnings call that the evolution of the insurance-linked securities capital landscape is an opportunity for the reinsurance company, while he also commented on broker facilities saying that he sees them as disintermediating smaller players in the market.
8. EU Commission proposes climate resilience framework, highlights cat bonds & reinsurance
   The European Commission has called for a new climate resilience framework to strengthen Europe’s ability to anticipate, prepare for, and manage climate risks. The initiative calls for the establishment of a Climate Insurance Alliance, to improve coverage, drive risk prevention and encourage greater use of reinsurance and catastrophe bonds to close protection gaps.
9. There’s a lot of hungry and extremely naive capacity available: Chubb CEO Greenberg
   Competitive insurance and reinsurance market conditions are spreading beyond just property risks, as there is “a lot of hungry and extremely naive capacity available,” Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg said.
10. VKB returns seeking lower-attaching renewal of King Max Re German multi-peril cat bond
    Versicherungskammer Bayern Versicherungsanstalt des oeffentlichen Rechts’ (VKB) is back in the catastrophe bond market looking to renew coverage from its soon to mature debut deal, by sponsoring a currently €175 million King Max Re II DAC (Series 2026-1) German multi-peril transaction.

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 32 new articles published in the last week.

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