As discussions begin regarding the upcoming January reinsurance renewals, the question of how disciplined ILS managers will remain on contract structures looms, with Cahal Doris, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Private ILS, at Twelve Securis suggesting that ILS managers would be wrong to give away structural improvements at 1/1.
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Oxbridge Re Ltd., the Cayman Islands based reinsurance company, has said that two tranches of tokenized reinsurance securities that fund its collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle for 2025 remain on-track to deliver attractive returns. But the prior year vintage of the tokens appears to have been impacted by losses due to hurricane Milton.
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According to a new report released by Lockton Re, the reinsurance arm of the privately held independent insurance broker, the capital markets are a critical aspect for the continued growth of the cyber reinsurance market.
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Based on our extensive data on the catastrophe bond market it’s clear another record is coming into view. We have already tracked and listed 95 individual catastrophe bond issuances in the Artemis Deal Directory so far in 2025, which equals the full-year record set for number of deals issued and tracked by us in 2023.
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Catastrophe data aggregator PERILS has now finalised its insurance industry loss estimate for the severe flooding experienced across parts of Central Europe and Italy in September 2024 due to storm Boris, lowering the total by almost 2% to €2.153 billion.
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Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending September 21st 2025, 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 the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continues to expand, Howden Capital Markets & Advisory (HCMA) expects to see a continuation of growth in the catastrophe bond space, alongside continued opportunities in property catastrophe-focused sidecars and growing interest in casualty sidecars, Mitchell Rosenberg, Global Co-Head of ILS told Artemis in an interview.
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Over time, capital market investors are expected to play an important role as a key element in ensuring there is sufficient cyber reinsurance and retrocession capacity, to support the expansion of cyber insurance limit around the globe, Moody’s Ratings has said.
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If the Atlantic wind season continues to be relatively benign for the global reinsurance market there is a chance property catastrophe rate declines at 1/1 2026 may reach into the 15% to 20% range, analysts at Citizens JMP Securities have said. But even then, given the high-level that rates are softening from, the situation is […]
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Casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) firm MultiStrat’s recent capital investment serves as a key example of how the organisation is broadening its reach to serve more investors, and explore longer-term capital relationships, Bob Forness, Chief Executive Officer of MultiStrat told Artemis in an interview.
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Aeolus Capital Management Ltd., the specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance investment manager, has announced the hire of a new Reserving Actuary, with Jammy Chow joining the company from his most recent position working for Swiss Re Canada.
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In the wake of its announcement that Swiss Re is bringing together its insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment management operations under the Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Investment Advisors Corporation (SRILIAC) brand, Artemis spoke with senior executives from the Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) division of the reinsurance company.
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Large US insurance firm Allstate has announced an estimated pre-tax catastrophe loss burden for the month of August 2025 of $213 million, which has lifted the total for the current annual aggregate risk period for its catastrophe bonds to $2.387 billion so far.
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Discussing the FundedRe trend for UK life insurers and pensions to source offshore reinsurance for their risks, Vicky White, the Director for Prudential Policy at the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) of the Bank of England, has highlighted the UK ILS structure and regulatory regime as one way that patient capital could be sourced and brought […]
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