Alternative reinsurance capital

The appetite of reinsurance capital to deploy has brought around a moment for creativity, broker Gallagher Re has said. Demand for reinsurance opportunities outstripped demand for protection at the July renewals, resulting in softening prices and North American property catastrophe rates tumbling 20% to 25% or more in some cases.

Guy Carpenter, the global reinsurance broking firm, has reported that a combination of abundant capacity and a growing appetite from reinsurers has kept the competitive pricing environment intact at the mid-year renewals, while also highlighting that current market conditions are encouraging buyers to explore alternative options such as parametric solutions and sidecars to complement traditional […]

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending June 28th 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.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has signalled that a long-awaited consultation on new laws to establish a Protected Cell Company (PCC) structure that could be used for collateralised reinsurance arrangements and efficient insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance is coming soon.

Ariel Sociedade Seguradora de Propósito Específico S.A. (Ariel SSPE), the insurance-linked securities (ILS) platform in Brazil, has announced that it has appointed Laercio Vicente to its executive team, who brings direct experience in structuring Brazil’s Letras de Risco de Seguro (LRS, Insurance Risk Letters), the country’s unique ILS instrument.

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Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending June 21st 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.

Oxbridge Re Holdings Ltd., the Cayman Islands based reinsurance company, alongside its subsidiary SurancePlus, has announced annualised returns of 29.3% and 43.4% for investors in its 2025- 2026 EtaCat Re and ZetaCat Re tokenized reinsurance offerings, which has exceeded their original respective target returns of 20% and 42%.

CRC Group, a wholesale insurance services and distribution specialist, has launched a new Risk Solutions Division to advance its focus on developing proprietary capacity, capital partnerships and alternative risk solutions, including its reinsurance sidecars, appointing Bill Goldstein to lead the division.

Augment Risk, the risk capital and reinsurance solutions broking firm, has hired well-known insurance-linked securities market executive Brad Livingston, who joins the firm to strengthen its ILS team and in particular is expected to help grow the private ILS offering in property risk, given his collateralized reinsurance expertise.