Catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities news

Artex Axcell Re, the Bermuda domiciled Artex Risk Solutions operated risk transformer entity, has brought another new private catastrophe bond transaction to market, with $20 million of Artex Axcell Re – PI0055 Grantham notes successfully issued and placed.

Fitch Ratings anticipates the growth of the alternative reinsurance capital and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market will continue in 2027, as risk-adjusted returns remain attractive to investors and sponsor demand for capacity remains high, despite the backdrop of reinsurance rate softening.

One week from today we will hold our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, Artemis London 2026. With over 200 attendees already registered we do have space left for more, but you must register here if you want to attend the event.

In a volatile market environment when some hedge fund and alternative strategies have suffered, UBS Asset Management’s team sees catastrophe bonds as one asset class worth increasing allocations to, given it the carry they can provide remains relatively attractive compared to other investments in credit and fixed income.

Blackstone Alternative Asset Management, the hedge fund solutions unit of Blackstone, has now made a second direct investment into a catastrophe bond through one of its flagship muti-strat alternatives funds.

RenaissanceRe Capital Partners, the specialist third-party capital management division of the reinsurer, lifted its partnering investor capital managed across joint-venture reinsurance and insurance-linked securities strategies by around 5.5% over the last year, to end June 2026 with $8.54 billion of assets under management.

A busy July in catastrophe loss terms from severe weather activity has resulted in US insurer Allstate reporting $682 million in pre-tax losses, which has lifted the total across the current annual aggregate risk period for its catastrophe bonds to $2.402 billion so far.

With now less than two weeks to go until our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, Artemis London 2026, here’s another update on who you can meet if you attend. If you want to join us for a full-day of in-depth ILS market discussion and valuable networking, you must register here.

Twelve Securis, the specialist catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has appointed André Botma as Portfolio Manager within its ILS Investment Management team.

Catastrophe bond market yields may have declined over the last two years, but specialist Swiss insurance-linked securities investment manager Euler ILS Partners believes this is a normalisation, or a return to more historically normal pricing, rather than a structural shift in demand.