Catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities news

Despite catastrophe bond risk spreads having tightened and reinsurance rates being expected to decline at the renewals, specialist insurance-linked securities manager Twelve Securis says the relative value of the ILS asset class remains compelling for investors with structural improvements set to persist.

Shuriken Capital Management LLC is launching as a new insurance-linked securities investment manager. The firm has a mandate to allocate capital to catastrophe bonds and other collateralized reinsurance or ILS instruments, while it is supported and backed by Florida-headquartered Safepoint Holdings, Inc., the parent of Safepoint Insurance Company.

The Brookmont Catastrophic Bond ETF is gaining momentum with a surge in trading volumes over the last two months and its assets under management (AUM) surpassing the US $25 million mark.

PGGM, the Dutch pension fund investor that invests in insurance-linked securities and reinsurance on behalf of its end-client Dutch pension PFZW, has revealed a meaningful increase in the target allocation size for its investment into the PartnerRe operated Huygens sidecar structure.

With catastrophe bond market activity having accelerated to record highs in 2025, our extensive Artemis Deal Directory has reached a new milestone, with now over $200 billion in catastrophe bonds and related insurance-linked securities tracked and analysed since its inception.

Migdal Insurance Company Ltd. has now successfully secured its targeted $100 million of earthquake reinsurance covering exposures in Israel from its debut Turris Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) catastrophe bond transaction, Artemis understands from sources.

There are now attendees representing more than 110 organisations registered to join us in New York on February 6th 2026 for the tenth insurance-linked securities conference in the ILS NYC series. Early Bird tickets are running low for ILS NYC 2026, so to take advantage of what is the last discount available please register soon […]

Since the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its technical advice to the European Commission (EC) on the UCITS Eligible Assets Directive (EAD) and what that could mean for catastrophe bonds in UCITS funds, the Authority has been notably silent on the matter.

Progressive, the US insurance company, is back in the catastrophe bond market seeking a $70 million or greater one-year source of annual aggregate and multi-peril reinsurance protection from the capital markets, through a Bonanza Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance, Artemis understands.

The North Carolina Farm Bureau has now secured the 54% upsized $500 million of reinsurance limit from its new Blue Ridge Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) catastrophe bond issuance, while pricing settled well below guidance for most of the tranches of notes on offer, Artemis has learned.