As the insurance and reinsurance market responds to the growing risk capacity needs of the digital infrastructure and data centre build-out, collateralized insurance-linked securities and parametric risk transfer are playing a role in covering exposures such as correlated power grid events, according to Guy Carpenter’s Jeremy Goodman.
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Allied Trust Insurance Company has returned to market for its second catastrophe bond sponsorship, seeking $100 million in fully-collateralized named storm reinsurance protection from the capital markets through a Sabine Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis has learned.
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With severe convective storms (SCS) having emerged in recent years as a significant catastrophe peril in the United States, SCS-focused cat bonds may offer a compelling opportunity for both re/insurers and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors as the frequency and exposure of the peril continues to expand, according to Acrisure Re.
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With building pressure and stresses in private credit investment markets in the headlines, the insurance-linked securities community should remember that a closely interlinked investor base means any fallout can have ramifications for the ILS asset class as well, Brad Corbett of Shuriken Capital Management told us.
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Hannover Re has sponsored a second successful renewal of its landmark parametric cloud outage catastrophe bond, this time securing $35 million in retrocessional cyber reinsurance protection covering cloud outage events with a Cumulus Re (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis can report.
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With implications of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East cascading across financial markets, investors are assessing how individual asset classes might be affected. Catastrophe bonds remain remote to such geopolitical events, but there are indirect financial market linkages investors should be aware of, according to specialist catastrophe bond fund manager Icosa Investments.
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In the current market environment, cedents choosing to sponsor catastrophe bonds can benefit from more favourable economics than with traditional reinsurance covers in some risk layers, rating agency AM Best has said.
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UCITS catastrophe bond fund strategies delivered an average return of 0.46% for February 2026 taking their year-to-date performance to 1.00%, according to the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices.
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The North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association (NCIUA) has secured its second catastrophe bond with an integrated disaster resilience bond feature, as the Cape Lookout Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) notes have now been priced to provide it an upsized $600 million of annual aggregate named storm reinsurance, Artemis has learned.
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Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending March 8th 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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SageSure’s successful sponsorship of its latest catastrophe bond, the $175 million Gateway Re Ltd. (Series 2026-2) issuance, is a testament to the transparency and performance of the managing general underwriters (MGUs) underwriting platform, President and CEO Terrence McLean said today.
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At the January reinsurance renewals SCOR grew its North America catastrophe risk book, seeing pricing as still attractive and also expecting other opportunities to deploy more capacity there this year, while the reinsurer also expanded its Risk Partnerships business where third-party capital partners participate.
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A new Gallagher Re white paper argues that blending cyber tail risk with uncorrelated property catastrophe risk in shared-limit reinsurance structures can lower pricing and improve efficiency for cedants, though the firm notes that long-term success will also require participation from the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market.
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Global re/insurance broking group Aon has appointed George Attard as Global Head of Analytics for Reinsurance Solutions, in addition to his role as Chief Strategy Officer for Reinsurance Solutions.
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