Strong U.S. annuity sales have driven a surge in reinsurance sidecar formations, with total ceded reserves climbing to over $90 billion in 2025, a notable increase from $64 billion in 2024, and $55 billion in 2023, rating agency AM Best has reported.
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The catastrophe bond market continues to demonstrate increased comfort with the wildfire peril in 2026, with the amount of risk capital deployed to support cat bonds that have some exposure to wildfire having soared to $5.183 billion year-to-date, already nearing the full-year record of $5.55 billion for the peril seen in 2025.
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Last week’s magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck near Kumamoto City on Japan’s Kyushu Island on July 28th is estimated likely to cause insurance industry losses of between US $1.4 billion to US $2.1 billion by data and analytics specialist Verisk.
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Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending August 2nd 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.
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As data center exposure continues to grow, it is placing significant pressure on the insurance industry to address these challenges. In light of this, Jason Bolding from Gallagher Securities has emphasised that the growth will require a blend of traditional insurance, reinsurance, captives, catastrophe bonds, and sidecars to effectively fill the widening protection gap.
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Industry losses from the recent magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture are expected to be relatively lower than the devastating 2016 Kumamoto quakes, which caused US $53 billion in economic and $7.7 billion in insured losses, according to broking group Aon.
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A substantial severe weather outbreak in the Midwest of the United States this week is seen as having the potential to result in a top-10 severe weather insurance industry loss event, which would imply the cost could be around $5 billion or higher to the market, according to broker Aon.
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As the reinsurance industry has transitioned into a softening market phase, analysts at Berenberg have indicated that a single $100 billion catastrophe event is unlikely to revert the industry back to a hard market cycle.
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Despite a surge in third-party capital assets under management within its Mt. Logan Capital Management unit, driven largely by the launch of the Annapurna Re casualty reinsurance sidecar, Jim Williamson, President and CEO of Everest Group has outlined that the company doesn’t change its underwriting logic based on the availability of third-party capital.
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Speaking this morning during the SCOR earnings call, CEO Thierry Léger commented on the potential for wildfire catastrophe bonds to support European re/insurers, saying that the quantity of ILS will only increase with the quality of the modelling and as there is greater understanding of the influence of climate change on the wildfire peril.
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With just over one month until our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, tickets are selling fast and the Early Bird rate expires at the end of Friday this week. We have added four new expert speakers to the Artemis London 2026 website. Join us on September 1st for a full-day of […]
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Reinsurance firm Munich Re has estimated that global insured losses from natural catastrophe events reached US $44 billion in the first-half of 2026, below long-term averages, and a notable decline from last year’s $80 billion.
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Mt. Logan Capital Management, Ltd. (MLCM), the Everest Group owned third-party capital management platform, has expanded its assets under management meaningfully over recent months, reaching $3.4 billion in AUM, helped by parent Everest’s launch of what was the largest casualty reinsurance sidecar to be launched in the market.
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Nephila Capital’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund management revenues reported within parent Markel’s results have risen strongly by 23% in the second-quarter of 2026 and now by 30% for the first-half of the year.
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