Swiss Re has now secured its upsized target of $150 million of aggregate and subsequent event retrocessional reinsurance covering North American peak perils from its new Matterhorn Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) catastrophe bond, while each of three tranches of notes priced at the top-end of initial guidance ranges, Artemis can report.
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Large European reinsurer Hannover Re expanded its retrocession protections by around 17%, or EUR 200 million to EUR 1.4 billion at the January 1st, 2026, reinsurance renewals, with increased capacity for its capital markets backed K-Cessions quota share sidecar facility, and a new parametric earthquake cover.
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Kevin O’Donnell, the CEO of reinsurer and third-party reinsurance capital manager RenaissanceRe, said today that none of the firm’s investor supported joint-ventures entered 2026 any smaller than they were last year, leading to an expectation of relatively stable fee income ahead.
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SCOR, the Paris-headquartered global reinsurance company, took advantage of the highly competitive retrocession market at the January 1st, 2026, reinsurance renewals, optimising its placements as it benefited from reduced pricing, according to Jean-Paul Conoscente, P&C CEO at SCOR.
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Argenta Private Capital Limited (APCL) and Helios Underwriting PLC have launched a 2026 round of Starter Homes investment vehicles, which provide a capital-efficient pathway for investors to access returns within the Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance market.
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The California FAIR Plan Association has returned to the catastrophe bond market for its second sponsorship, seeking $200 million or more in capital markets backed wildfire reinsurance protection through a Golden Bear Re Ltd. (Series 2026-2) cat bond issuance, Artemis can report.
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SageSure has now secured its latest catastrophe bond, pricing the transaction to provide it with $670 million of broad multi-peril reinsurance which makes the new Gateway Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance the largest in the Gateway series of deals so far, Artemis has learned.
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Specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) manager Twelve Securis has announced the launch of its new Mosaic ILS Fund, jointly developed with Swiss private bank, Union Bancaire Privée (UBP), building on their established working relationship.
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After Beazley rejected Zurich’s acquisition proposals last month and in 2025, the pair have now reached an agreement in principle on the key financial terms of a possible recommended cash offer, with Zurich lifting the offer to a total value of up to 1,335 pence per Beazley share.
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RenaissanceRe, the global reinsurance company and third-party capital manager, established a new catastrophe bond managed account named the Stratos Fund in the second-half of 2025, raising $260.4 million for it, while increasing assets in other third-party capital and ILS vehicles and lifting fee income 31.8% in the fourth-quarter of the year.
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Global reinsurer SCOR grew its property and casualty (P&C) portfolio selectively at the January 1st, 2026, reinsurance renewals, with property catastrophe premiums up 12.5%, as the firm achieved targeted growth of 4.7% for its traditional reinsurance in what it describes as a market that remained disciplined on structures and terms and conditions.
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Verisk is the second of the catastrophe risk modelling specialists to release an estimate for insurance industry losses caused by recent winter storm Fern in the United States, saying the total could reach $4 billion.
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In the wake of the 2026 January reinsurance renewals, which saw double-digit declines in property catastrophe reinsurance pricing, analysts at J.P. Morgan have highlighted that while attachment points have largely held up, this has driven profitability to be likely better than the pricing levels suggest.
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Slide Insurance Company is back in the catastrophe bond market with an initial target to secure $250 million of collateralized named storm reinsurance through a Purple Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, that seeks protection across a greater number of states than any of its previous cat bond deals, Artemis can report.
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