Catastrophe bond news

We are told that the price guidance has now been raised for all three tranches of notes from Aetna’s latest health care risk insurance-linked securities offering, while the target remains to secure $250 million of reinsurance from the Vitality Re XVII Ltd (Series 2026) deal.

SafePoint Insurance Company has returned to sponsor a new catastrophe bond, initially targeting a $150 million source of multi-year named storm reinsurance protection from capital market investors through a Nature Coast Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1)  issuance, Artemis has learned.

Following the closure of the new Meritage Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) catastrophe bond by entities linked to MGU SageSure, John Forney, President and CEO of GeoVera Nova, one of the sponsors of the issuance, has expressed gratitude for the strong investor response that the cat bond received from the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market.

Coming off an impressive year for the catastrophe bond market, which saw a number of new annual records set, investors are reinvesting their robust returns back into the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space, which according to Fitch Ratings, will further expand capital and pressure returns throughout 2026.

The ambition to establish India’s GIFT City as a hub for insurance-linked securities is gaining momentum. However, as Iain Reynolds, Head of Third-Party Capital at Peak Re, noted at the IFSCA-IRDAI-GIFT City Global Reinsurance Summit 2026 today, success requires more than just a regulatory framework, it requires a clear focus on what the regime is […]

Fidelis Insurance has now secured the targeted $75 million in US earthquake retrocessional reinsurance on a collateralized basis through its new Herbie Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1)  catastrophe bond, as the notes have now been priced with the spread finalised within the lower-half of initial guidance, Artemis has learned.

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Swiss Re has returned to the catastrophe bond market for its first sponsorship of this year, seeking $125 million or more in peak peril aggregate and subsequent event retrocession covering North American wind and earthquakes from a Matterhorn Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) transaction, Artemis can report.

US insurer Allstate has announced an estimated pre-tax catastrophe loss for the fourth quarter of 2025 of $209 million, which lifted the total for the current annual aggregate risk period for its catastrophe bonds to $2.757 billion while the run-rate of losses slowed in recent months.

According to Fitch Ratings, recent catastrophe bond and insurance risk letters (LRS) issuances within Latin America represent a strategic opportunity to expand and sophisticate the regions’ insurance debt market.