Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending May 31st 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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Palomar Insurance Holdings, the speciality US insurer that offers largely catastrophe exposed property products, has lifted the top of its reinsurance tower to provide as much as $3.92 billion of earthquake reinsurance protection at the renewals, with multi-year catastrophe bonds set to provide $1.28 billion of coverage for 2026.
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Aspen Capital Markets, the third-party, ILS and alternative reinsurance capital management unit that now falls under Sompo after its acquisition of the re/insurer, reported another increase in fee income generated from its work with third-party capital partners in the first-quarter of 2026.
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In general, analysts from KBW heard during a recent Bermuda trip that reinsurance pricing is down about 20% at the mid-year renewals (the report is headlined “20% is the new 15%”), but even after the softening taking rates back to levels seen in 2021 to 2022, this is still “widely viewed as adequate”, the analysis […]
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Paul Barker, Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Private ILS at alternative investment manager Elementum Advisors, LLC, explores how the specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) manager positions itself within a competitive landscape, and how its approach has adapted amid an increasingly sophisticated investor base.
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Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc., a nationally expansive, Florida headquartered property and casualty insurer, has renewed reinsurance and catastrophe bond limit totalling $2.2 billion for 2026, with the firm’s CEO citing “substantial cost savings” and more multi-year protection.
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Insurance broker and risk adviser Gallagher has collaborated with FloodFlash, a NormanMax company, to launch a new parametric insurance solution designed to protect golf courses from mitigate financial disruption caused by flooding and severe weather.
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Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. once again expanded its reinsurance limit at the 2026 mid-year renewal, lifting the top of the reinsurance tower to $2.623 billion, with institutional capital from ILS manager Nephila Capital a key participant in the renewal again for the insurer.
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The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) is looking to upsize its latest catastrophe bond sponsorship, with the target raised one-third to $400 million of fully-collateralized earthquake reinsurance protection from this Sutter Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis has learned.
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Having sold out of our initial allocation of Super Early Bird tickets faster than anticipated we added more, so there is still time to register for our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, Artemis London 2026, at the best possible price. Register to attend here.
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Oak Global, the specialist Lloyd’s underwriting company, has successfully priced its debut catastrophe bond sponsorship, securing a 100% upsized $150 million of retrocessional protection from the capital markets from its Arthur Re Ltd. – Quercian Re 2026-1 cat bond issuance, while the notes priced below initial guidance, Artemis has learned.
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Reinsurance buyers in Florida continue to turn to and leverage the catastrophe bond amidst rising appetite for risks from the state and softening of property catastrophe rates, with over $3.2 billion of new Florida-focused cat bonds having been issued thus far for 12 sponsors in 2026 year-to-date (up to May 12, 2026), according to Guy […]
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Jamaica’s Prime Minister and Minster for Finance and Public Services both praised global investor support for the $200 million IBRD CAR Jamaica 2026 catastrophe bond, with the third cat bond a key pillar in the countries fiscal resilience and disaster risk financing, while also revealing they plan to expand parametric coverage under CCRIF.
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Plenum Investments, the specialist manager of catastrophe bond and other reinsurance-linked assets, has announced that its Plenum CAT Bond Dynamic Fund has crossed approximately USD 600 million in assets under management, which according to the firm underscores the success of the fund’s efficiency-oriented investment approach.
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