Zurich, the European headquartered global re/insurance company, is now aiming to secure up to $150 million of US named storm and earthquake reinsurance protection from its Turicum Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, while the price guidance has been lowered for the notes on offer, Artemis can report.
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Signal Iduna Reinsurance Ltd. (SI Re), the Swiss based reinsurer that also invests in insurance-linked securities (ILS) for their diversification and return effects, has hired Simon Parten from Schroders Capital ILS as ILS Portfolio Manager, who will join the company on June 1st, 2026.
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The United States Court of Appeals has weighed in on a lawsuit regarding the Vesttoo fraud and the fake letters of credit (LOC) that underpinned reinsurance deals linked to the company, with a finding that could have some ramifications for brokers.
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UCITS catastrophe bond funds returned 0.35% on average through the period of February 27th to March 27th 2026, which has lifted their year-to-date performance to 1.35%, according to new data from the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices.
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Kin Insurance, the direct to consumer insurtech, has now successfully priced its new Hestia Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) catastrophe bond issuance, which has secured the company its largest amount of cat bond limit yet at $335 million of fully-collateralized named storm reinsurance, Artemis can report.
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has its first catastrophe bond offerings in the market, with two $75 million issuances that each target parametric earthquake and extreme precipitation disaster risk financing from the capital markets for the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan.
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JA Kyosai, the Japanese National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives often better known as Zenkyoren, has established a reinsurance company in Guernsey with a strategic goal to underwrite international risks to diversify its exposure, with investments into catastrophe bonds also in scope for the structure.
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Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending April 5th 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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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is in the market to issue its first catastrophe bonds with two offerings totalling $150 million of notes, that are designed to provide $75 million of multi-year parametric earthquake and extreme precipitation disaster risk transfer to each of the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan, Artemis can report.
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Aon Securities, the broker-dealer and investment banking arm of the broking giant, believes catastrophe bond market and broader third-party reinsurance capital activities will remain robust through the rest of 2026, according to CEO Richard Pennay.
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Montauk Point Ltd., a Bermuda-based firm that provides independent advisory and strategic advice to third-party risk capital providers, has appointed 35-year insurance and reinsurance veteran Dr. Gero Michel to lead its risk and analytics platform.
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Property catastrophe reinsurance rates-on-line continued to fall at the April 1st renewals and for the United States, broker Guy Carpenter’s index now shows that 2026 is experiencing the sharpest fall in US property cat pricing since 2014.
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Alternative reinsurance capital is reinforcing current reinsurance market trends as total non-life insurance-linked securities (ILS) assets reached $135 billion at year-end 2025, a 19% increase year-on-year.
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Hudson Structured Capital Management (HSCM), the reinsurance, insurtech, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and transportation focused investment manager, has promoted Bernard Opoku, who currently serves as the firm’s Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer to Partner, alongside several other key promotions across the organisation.
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