Best of Artemis, week ending October 11th 2026

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending October 11th 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 October 11th 2026:

1. PICC P&C’s new Great Wall Re catastrophe bond said to be a $12m issuance
   We’ve learned that the new Great Wall Re Limited catastrophe bond issuance is $12 million in size, so presumably will provide an equivalent amount of capital markets backed reinsurance to the sponsoring Chinese domestic insurer, PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited.
2. Economics of ILS and appetites of investors change with the reinsurance cycle: Moody’s
   In a recent report, Moody’s Ratings highlights how the economics of catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities change over time, driven by the softening global reinsurance market cycle. The end-result is more risk being assumed for less return, but as long as ILS manager’s maintain discipline, there is no cause for concern at this stage.
3. CalPERS wants to increase ILS investments to contribute to climate solutions goal: Bloomberg
   The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, or CalPERS as it is better known, is exploring ways to increase its exposure to insurance-linked securities, which are seen as one asset class that can contribute towards its goal to invest $100 billion in climate solutions by 2030, according to a Bloomberg report.
4. Eaton Vance mutual fund ILS holdings hit $777m, new Swiss Re and Jaffa Capital investments
   Holdings in insurance-linked securities fund structures and reinsurance sidecars made by Eaton Vance through three of its mutual funds have risen in value to approximately $777 million over the last quarter of record, as the asset manager allocated more to its investment in the Swiss Re Core Nat Cat Fund and added a new allocation to the Jaffa Capital Fund.
5. Hannover Re Capital Partners establishes new Bermuda fund structure and SPI
   Hannover Re Capital Partners, the Bermuda-based insurance-linked securities (ILS) platform established by global reinsurance firm Hannover Re, is continuing to expand its activities on the island, with new fund infrastructure established to support ILS investment options for clients.
6. UCITS catastrophe bond funds keep growing, near $21.8bn combined AUM after September
   Catastrophe bond funds structured in the UCITS format have now added more than $2.5 billion of assets in 2026 so far, with the sector nearing $21.8 billion of combined assets under management by the end of September 2026.
7. From hard market to normalisation – Cat bond discipline in practice: Artemis London 2026 video
   Our latest video features the second panel discussion of the day at our recent Artemis London 2026 catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities conference, a session focused on catastrophe bonds and what the current state of the market means for investor, ILS investment manager and sponsor discipline.
8. Third-party capital more than just complementary capacity for Hannover Re: Althoff
   Sven Althoff, Member of the Executive Board for Property & Casualty at Hannover Re, has said that third-party capital is certainly part of the reinsurer’s strategy, describing it as more than just complementary capacity, whilst also adding that it is creating opportunities for Hannover Re.
9. RVS roundtable: ILS investor appetite and sentiment is sound and strong
   Insurance-linked securities (ILS) experts and leaders continue to see strong investor interest across the board, and with the total return of the cat bond market remaining attractive, appetite is deemed robust.
10. Cat bond risk spreads fall 9.5% in September, but rising risk free rate helps to offset: Plenum
    Catastrophe bond insurance risk spreads declined by 9.5% during the month of September 2026 as wind seasonality took hold, but with treasury yields having risen the increase to the risk free rate of return on collateral served to offset the impact to the cat bond market coupon available to investors.

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 31 new articles published in the last week.

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