Alternative reinsurance capital

At the S&P Global Ratings briefing in Monte Carlo at the RVS, Maren Josefs, Credit Analyst at the company explained that the big stories in insurance-linked securities has been catastrophe bonds and casualty sidecars this year, but she cautioned the market to remember that investors still don’t like surprises.

Speaking today at Swiss Re’s briefing at RVS 2026 in Monte Carlo, Urs Baertschi, Chief Executive Officer, of P&C Reinsurance, underscored the importance of the reinsurers third-party capital markets focused Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) division, and stated that Swiss Re expects to continue to be a “meaningful participant in that market.”

As the ILS market expands its reach across casualty, specialty, and cyber, maintaining price adequacy remains a critical boundary for market growth. Speaking with Artemis at the 2026 Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous, Kathleen Faries, CEO of Artex Capital Solutions, outlined her expectations for emerging perils and evolving deal structures heading towards 2027, emphasising that rates must […]

Howden Re has today launched Novark Group, a new venture that promises to modernise core pieces of insurance-linked securities market (ILS) infrastructure, through a digital-first insurance management and securities administration platform, as well as a risk transformer named Novark Re.

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending September 6th 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.

Speaking at global reinsurer SCOR’s briefing at RVS 2026 in Monte Carlo, Thierry Léger, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) said that the reinsurer sees third-party capital as an attractive source of capital for the firm, and sees no future changes regarding its strategy for managing it.

In Monte Carlo today at the Rendez-vous event, senior executives of global reinsurance firm Munich Re explained that they see the trend for some longer-tailed casualty focused sidecars to offer high returns from the asset side as “not a good idea” while the potential for commutation discussions to prove a challenge at the end of […]

The global reinsurance sector is expected to face more challenging market conditions in 2027, with price softening expected to continue while pressure on terms and conditions rises, as the market exhibits typical cyclical characteristics, all of which makes discipline key to the ability to deliver returns, S&P Global Ratings has said.

At the Monte Carlo Rendez-vous today, Brian Schneider, Global Head of Reinsurance Ratings at Fitch Ratings seemed more bullish on the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continuing its recent pace of growth, while traditional reinsurance capital is only forecast for “slight” growth this year.

With the global economy having entered a capital expenditure (capex) super-cycle, there is a notable increase in investments being directed towards AI data centres. According to reinsurer Swiss Re, this could be a US$200 billion premium opportunity by 2030, within which alternative reinsurance capital, including catastrophe bonds and sidecars is expected to play a key […]