Best of Artemis, week ending September 6th 2026

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending September 6th 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 September 6th 2026:

1. Cat bond and ILS market well-positioned for disciplined, continued growth: Artemis London 2026
   The catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities market remains well-positioned, even as reinsurance market conditions soften, with speakers at our Artemis London 2026 conference highlighting the discipline in the market and that this is expected to persist, while growth opportunities are still evident.
2. Swiss Re names Wiget to take over leadership of Alternative Capital Partners
   Swiss Re, the global reinsurer, has named long-standing senior employee Mirjam Wiget as the new leader for its Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) division, as incumbent Martin Zingg moves into the Group Chief Investment Officer role.
3. Reinsurance capital grows, ILS investor base broadens = more savings to come for clients: Aon
   With record levels of capital in the reinsurance sector and a growing insurance-linked securities market with a broadening investor base, executives at Aon said today that there are more savings to come for clients, with property rates likely to fall in the region of 10% at the January 1 2027 renewal.
4. Swiss Re sees $200bn premium in data centres, renewables by 2030. Cat bonds, sidecars have a role
   With the global economy having entered a capex super-cycle, there is a notable increase in investments being directed towards AI data centres. According to reinsurer Swiss Re, this could be a US$200 billion premium opportunity by 2030, within which alternative reinsurance capital, including catastrophe bonds and sidecars is expected to play a key role.
5. Capital markets now a resident of the reinsurance industry: Laurent Rousseau, Marsh Re
   Laurent Rousseau, CEO of Global Capital & Advisory, and Europe and IMEA at Marsh Re, said today that the capital markets are “no longer a visitor” but “now a resident” of the reinsurance industry, as investors increasingly allocate to the space.
6. Reinsurance sidecar market estimated at record $23bn in 2026: Aon Securities
   The outstanding market for collateralized reinsurance sidecar structures has reached a new record high of $23 billion in 2026, representing roughly 50% growth since the end of 2024, according to estimates from Aon Securities.
7. Verisk launches U.S. Data Center Exposure Database
   Recognising the burgeoning interest in underwriting exposures related to the data center build-out, global data analytics and technology provider Verisk has announced the launch of a dedicated exposure database for these large risks in the United States.
8. ILS success hinges on discipline, avoiding past renewal mistakes: Albertini, Leadenhall
   Following a sharp surge in momentum across the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space in recent years, further success in the market hinges on maintaining underwriting discipline and a clear avoidance of past renewal mistakes, Luca Albertini, CEO of Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP, told Artemis in an interview.
9. European convective storms in July estimated an almost EUR 2.2bn industry loss: PERILS
   A wave of severe convective storms that swept across Germany, France, Switzerland, and Italy in Europe between 13th and 19th July 2026 are estimated to have caused an insurance industry loss of EUR 2.186 billion, according to catastrophe data aggregator PERILS AG.
10. Capital inflows, low cat losses to pressure Jan 1 rates, structural integrity the focus in ILS: Twelve Securis
    An influx of capital inflows and low catastrophe losses are likely to pressure rates at the upcoming January renewals, which leads Twelve Securis’ Cahal Doris to note that structural integrity will remain a key focus for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market during the key season.

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 40 new articles published in the last week.

To ensure you always stay up to date with Artemis and never miss a story subscribe to our weekly email newsletter which is delivered every Wednesday.

View the current breakdown of the ILS market in our range of charts, allowing you to analyse cat bond issuance.

Check out the assets under management of the ILS fund market with our ILS investment manager directory.

Get listed in our MarketView directory of professionals.