We wanted to provide an early view of who you can meet if you register to join our upcoming catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference, Artemis London 2025. Held in London on September 2nd, the event will feature a full-day of in-depth discussion about the ILS market and valuable networking. Register to attend here.
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Over time, the returns per-unit of risk from catastrophe bonds have, on average, declined faster for industry-index deals, resulting in a divergence between the at-issuance spreads delivered by cat bonds featuring industry-loss triggers versus the rest of the market, data from Man Group shows.
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Aon, the global professional services, insurance and reinsurance broking firm, has promoted Matthew Towsey to the role of Global Head of Hedge Funds and Diversifying Strategies within its investment advisory and consultancy specialist area of the business.
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CatIQ, the Toronto-based independent catastrophe insurance data provider and a subsidiary of PERILS, has estimated the one-year industry loss caused by the flash flooding that impacted southern Ontario on July 15 and 16 to be CAD $899 million.
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Reask, the catastrophe modelling and climate analytics specialist, has announced that it has launched a new alert service that gives insurers and catastrophe modelling teams early, region-specific insight into developing storms using advanced windfield forecasting.
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The catastrophe bond market has just had its busiest 12-month period on record, as issuance between August 2024 and July 2025 has now reached just slightly under $23 billion, marking a landmark stretch of activity for this segment of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market.
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HSBC Bank USA, N.A. has announced a key hire to enhance its capabilities in the provision of corporate trusts to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, bringing Michael Commisso to the firm from his previous role at BNY.
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You can now watch the full replay of our recent Artemis Live webinar, Catastrophe Bond and ILS Market Conditions at Mid-Year 2025, from which you can gain insights into the state of the market and expert opinion about renewal outcomes for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, as well as an outlook for the rest of […]
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While the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is projected to be more active than average, the fundamentals of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market remain strong, according to François Divet, Head of ILS at AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM).
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Insured losses from natural catastrophe events around the globe in the first half of 2025 are estimated to have reached $84 billion, 55% higher than the decadal average, and marks the highest H1 total since 2011’s $136 billion, according to a recent report by reinsurance broker Gallagher Re.
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Insured losses from catastrophe events across the globe in the first half of 2025 increased to at least $100 billion, which marks the second highest recorded after 2011’s $140 billion, with the increase heavily driven by the California wildfires and severe convective storm (SCS) activity in the US, according to broker Aon.
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In an exclusive interview, Co-Founder Greg Hagood and Chief Investment Officer Jessica Laird of Nephila Capital, one of the world’s largest and longest-standing insurance-linked securities (ILS) managers, told Artemis that during the past six years of Markel Group ownership, the Nephila business is a “materially enhanced platform offering a broader suite of investment portfolios for […]
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The Government of the United Kingdom has confirmed new authorisation targets for new insurance special purpose vehicle (ISPV) applications, as well as a 10-day target for certain insurance-linked securities (ILS) arrangements, while also launching a new consultation on a more flexible and extended risk transformation regime.
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Recent legislative changes enacted in Texas have halved the state mandated calculation for the amount of loss funding the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) is required to have in place, from a 1-in-100 year minimum, down to a 1-in-50 year, which may result in less reinsurance and catastrophe bonds being purchased in 2026.
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