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With catastrophe bond market activity having accelerated to record highs in 2025, our extensive Artemis Deal Directory has reached a new milestone, with now over $200 billion in catastrophe bonds and related insurance-linked securities tracked and analysed since its inception.

Artemis turned 26 years old this month and we wanted to highlight that we’ve now tracked over $192 billion in catastrophe bonds and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) within our extensive Deal Directory, alongside the hundreds of billions in assets we’ve tracked flowing into other insurance and reinsurance linked opportunities over the years.

Artemis is now a quarter of a century old! We celebrated our 25th birthday last week with a team gathering, reflecting on more than $170 billion of catastrophe bonds and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) transactions tracked, with hundreds of billions more in assets deployed to insurance risks covered by us over the years.

Artemis is 24 years old today. On the 12th of May 1999, Artemis was formally launched to an audience of reinsurance and capital market executives at an event held in Bermuda.

Speaking with Artemis in a recent video interview, Jorge Familiar, Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank explained that client country demand for catastrophe bonds and risk management arrangements will likely rise, while he also expects that markets will be there to support these issuances.

The World Bank is “extremely pleased” with the response from investors and reinsurance markets to the recent placement of $630 million of catastrophe bonds and catastrophe swaps to protect Chile, Jorge Familiar, Vice President and Treasurer told us in our latest Artemis Live video.

Artemis is 21 years old this week. On the 12th of May 1999, Artemis was launched to an audience of reinsurance and capital market executives at an event held in Bermuda.

Artemis is 20 years old this week. On the 12th of May 1999 Artemis was launched to an audience of reinsurance and capital market investment executives in Bermuda.

On the 12th of May 1999, Artemis was launched in front of an audience of reinsurance and investment executives in Bermuda. The goal, to provide an online home for the emerging catastrophe bond, ILS and the capital market’s participation in reinsurance.

On the 12th of May 1999 a website was launched in front of an audience of reinsurance and investment executives in Bermuda. The goal, to provide a platform for a reinsurance market niche, facilitating education, information provision and transparency in what was at the time a relatively opaque market.