Novacore, an independent managing general agent (MGA), has secured collateralized reinsurance support from a new sidecar structure backed by New York headquartered alternative investment firm New Mountain Capital, LLC, which alongside its affiliates has around $60 billion in assets under management.
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One Alliance North America Insurance Company, a US homeowners and commercial lines specialist underwriter and carrier, has now secured $115 million of multi-peril reinsurance from the capital markets as its debut One Shield Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) catastrophe bond issuance has now been priced, Artemis can report.
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Catastrophe data aggregator PERILS has published its second industry loss estimate for the Victoria Bushfires which took place during the period of January 7th to 13th, 2026, placing the insurance market loss at AU$810 million.
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Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation has returned to the catastrophe bond market for its twelfth sponsorship, this time seeking a $150 million initial target for collateralized named storm reinsurance from a Bayou Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis has learned.
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People’s Trust Insurance Company, a Florida homeowners specialist insurer, has entered the catastrophe bond market to sponsor its first ever issuance, seeking $100 million of named storm reinsurance from the capital markets through a GWS Re Limited (Series 2026-1) deal, Artemis can report.
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Florida Peninsula Insurance Company has now priced and secured the two-thirds upsized target of $250 million of named storm reinsurance from its new Palm Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) catastrophe bond issuance, getting the capital markets coverage at a pricing level below guidance, Artemis has learned.
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Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending April 12th 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 catastrophe wind market is one of the most aggressively softening segments within the excess and surplus (E&S) lines property market, with rate decreases in the 20% to 30% range becoming “increasingly common”, according to wholesale insurance services provider CRC Group.
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According to a new working paper by catastrophe modelling specialist Reask and specialist insurance-linked securities investment manager LGT ILS Partners, a climate-conditioned Industry Loss Warranty (ILW) strategy can materially outperform traditional static modeling approaches.
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Catastrophe risk software provider KatRisk has acquired RED, a specialist provider of catastrophe models, including earthquake, flood, landslide, and wind risk models.
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Palomar Insurance Holdings has returned to the catastrophe bond market to sponsor its seventh issuance, with an initial $375 million target for a source of capital markets backed California earthquake and Hawaii named storm reinsurance from a new Torrey Pines Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) deal, Artemis has learned.
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Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) has now issued its April forecast update for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, reducing its extended range numbers from December and citing an expectation of moderate to strong El Nino conditions.
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This new video features another panel discussion from Artemis ILS NYC 2026, a session focused on the cat bond marketplace, from our tenth catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference in the ILS NYC series, held on February 6th 2026 in New York.
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One Alliance North America Insurance Company, the US domestic market homeowners and commercial lines specialist, has now raised the target size for its debut One Shield Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) catastrophe bond issuance, with the company now looking to secure up to $125 million of multi-peril reinsurance, Artemis has learned.
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