Catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities news

Catastrophe bond market momentum accelerated through the second-quarter of 2026 and has broken many records, with more than $11.3 billion of new risk capital analysed and tracked in the period, making Q2 2026 the biggest single quarter in the history of the cat bond market and driving H1 to set another high bar, Artemis’ new […]

Even as spreads have compressed by roughly one-fifth and expected returns have fallen, Tom Wakefield, CEO of reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has said there is no sign of investor appetite retreating at this time.

Reinsurance capital reached a record high of $790 billion by the end of Q1 2026, but it was alternative or third-party reinsurance capital, so that deployed through insurance-linked securities and related collateralized structures, which was the sole driver of growth as it reached $141 billion, rising 4% from the end of the year, according to […]

The amount of non-life alternative reinsurance capital from catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS) grew by more than 5% just in the first-quarter of the year, with Gallagher Securities estimating $7 billion of incremental capital was added, to take non-life ILS capital outstanding to $142 billion at the end of Q1 2026.

Kin, the direct-to-consumer insurtech, has announced that its three reciprocal exchanges completed their reinsurance programmes at the June 1st 2026 renewal, securing more than $1.9 billion of coverage for natural catastrophe events, and 25% below what was paid at the 2025 renewal last year per dollar of risk protection.

The Victory Pioneer CAT Bond Fund has now surpassed the $2 billion in assets under management milestone, extending its AUM to $2.2 billion by June 30th 2026. The combined AUM across dedicated mutual and institutional insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds managed by the Pioneer Investments team has now grown to over $5.8 billion.

Stone Ridge Asset Management has grown assets under management across its mutual catastrophe bond, insurance-linked securities and reinsurance fund strategies by more than 8% in the last quarter of record, with additional AUM growth in the following weeks taking them to around $7 billion, a new all-time high.

Guy Carpenter, the global reinsurance broking firm, has reported that a combination of abundant capacity and a growing appetite from reinsurers has kept the competitive pricing environment intact at the mid-year renewals, while also highlighting that current market conditions are encouraging buyers to explore alternative options such as parametric solutions and sidecars to complement traditional […]

Global reinsurer Hannover Re is back in the catastrophe bond market and looking to secure additional North American peak peril retrocessional reinsurance, with a $125 million initial target for a new 3264 Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis has learned.

The Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP linked Arthur Re Ltd. – Tranquil Re 2026-1 catastrophe bond could upsize to provide as much as $75 million of US named storm and earthquake protection for the ILS manager backed rated reinsurance platform Nectaris Re, while the price guidance for the notes has now been lowered, Artemis understands.