Cat bond news

A recent report from Global Parametrics has acknowledged that catastrophe bonds can be part of the solution to risk financing for humanitarian organisations. The firm suggests that for humanitarian organisations requiring substantial capacity, multi-year cat bonds, as well as parametric products may secure greater limits and provide longer-term protection than other financial instruments, but only as […]

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending February 22nd 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.

QBE, the global re/insurer, sees alternative reinsurance capital as an important lever to allow the company to deliver sustainable returns in the mid-teens, according to its CEO Andrew Horton and CFO Chris Killourhy, with recent catastrophe bond and casualty sidecar initiatives seen as early deals to help in building a profile within ILS markets.

SageSure, the catastrophe-exposed property specialist MGU, continues to seek $175 million of multi-peril reinsurance protection through its latest catastrophe bond, the Gateway Re Ltd. (Series 2026-2), deal, but the company is aiming to capitalise on investor appetite and has lowered and narrowed the price guidance for the notes, Artemis can report.

American Integrity Insurance Company is now seeking lower pricing for its latest Integrity Re III Ltd. (Series 2026-1) catastrophe bond, while the target size of the issuance has been adjusted again to between $240 million and $260 million of named storm reinsurance, Artemis has learned.

Allstate is now aiming to secure by far the largest amount of reinsurance limit from a single visit to the catastrophe bond market in its long-history as a sponsor, with now $1.2 billion of multi-peril protection sought from the dual issuances of Sanders Re IV Ltd. (Series 2026-1A) and Sanders Re III Ltd. (Series 2026-1B) […]

Slide Insurance Company has now priced its new Purple Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) catastrophe bond transaction, successfully securing the 28% upsized target of $320 million in multi-year collateralized named storm reinsurance limit at below guidance pricing, Artemis has learned.

Global re/insurer QBE has again been a beneficiary of improved reinsurance renewal market conditions at January 1st 2026, with an outcome that has allowed the company to further reduce the retentions for its main catastrophe reinsurance tower, with the company citing an “excellent” renewal.

US insurer Allstate has announced estimated pre-tax catastrophe losses of $175 million for January 2026, primarily related to recent winter storm Fern in the United States, which has lifted the total for the current annual aggregate risk period for the firm’s catastrophe bonds to $2.932 billion.

SageSure, the fast-growing catastrophe-exposed property specialist MGU, has now moved up to third in the Artemis catastrophe bond sponsor leaderboard, with just over $3.1 billion in risk capital outstanding across cat bonds for related underwriting entities, thanks to the closing of its largest $670 million Gateway Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance.