Best of Artemis, week ending November 8th 2026

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending November 8th 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 8th 2026:

1. Atmos Capital Partners launches as partner-led, independent cat bond investment manager
   Atmos Capital Partners AG has launched as a new partner-led, independent catastrophe bond focused investment manager based in Zurich.
2. Aon and Blackstone funds launch Cortina, a new Lloyd’s syndicate offering efficient reinsurance
   Aon’s agreement with Blackstone over the much-discussed reinsurance facility at Lloyd’s named Cortina was signed, while the London Bridge 2 insurance-linked securities structure has been utilised in the funding of the new syndicate.
3. AIG “a little worried” about MGA – insurer alignment. Sees reinsurance opportunities: CEO Andersen
   AIG CEO Eric Andersen explained last week that his company is “a little bit worried” about the alignment of MGA and insurer paper.
4. Axor Financial launched as $1bn insurance capital platform by Cohen. Hires Fox from HCMA
   Axor Financial has been launched with a vision to provide the right capital into the insurance and reinsurance industry, founded by former Gallatin Point exec Zhak Cohen recognising the need for alignment between capital providers and the industry participants they are funding.
5. Cat bond risk spreads fall to lowest level since 2017, as tightening continued in October: Plenum
   Risk spreads declined further in October 2026, and now stand at their lowest since 2017. While the tightening trend will end soon, it remains to be seen how lower spreads of new issuance affect the market yield going forwards.
6. Leadenhall Capital Partners gets ILS fund loss portfolio transfer from RiverStone
   Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP has secured a loss portfolio transfer (LPT) arrangement covering portfolios from certain of its ILS funds from legacy acquirer RiverStone International.
7. Third-party capital a valuable tool with a lower cost-of-capital: Arch Capital CEO
   Arch Capital continues to leverage third-party capital within its business and sees it as a valuable tool with a lower cost-of-capital, according to its CEO, while the firm’s CFO has highlighted that profit commissions from Arch’s third-party capital platform show up in beneficial ways in its reporting.
8. Aon and Munich Re launch parametric pandemic solution for Indonesia and the Philippines
   Aon and global reinsurer Munich Re have launched a first-of-its-kind parametric pandemic reinsurance solution for clients in Indonesia and the Philippines, designed to address specific coverage needs identified across both markets.
9. MS Amlin syndicate targets $100m aggregate retro with Kanata Re 2026-1 cat bond
   Lloyd’s syndicate 2001, which is aligned with Mitsui Sumitomo underwriting entity MS Amlin, is seeking its first catastrophe bond protection.
10. Insurers urged to adapt reinsurance structures as secondary peril losses climb: Marsh Re
    Reinsurance broker Marsh Re has outlined that secondary peril losses are placing greater pressure on insurers to reassess their reinsurance arrangements.

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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