Catastrophe bond news

UCITS catastrophe bond funds delivered an average return of 0.36% through the month of May, taking the year-to-date 2026 return through May 29th to 2.28%, while rolling twelve month performance declined slightly to 10.18%, according to the latest data from the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices.

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending June 7th 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.

Over the last few year’s we’ve noticed increasing interest in the insurance-linked securities asset class as an investment opportunity from institutions in Latin America and now pensions in Chile have reportedly begun allocating to catastrophe bonds.

Property catastrophe reinsurance programs in Southeast US states have undergone a fundamental shift. Far from a supplementary capital pool, the Rule 144A catastrophe bond market has evolved into a fundamental element of regional risk placement, an integration that has inverted historical market norms over the last five years, according to Adam Schwebach, Head of Property, […]

Isaac Anthony, CEO of CCRIF SPC, the regional parametric risk pool for the Caribbean and Central America, has announced that the organisation grew its coverage by 9% to US $1.57 billion, and introduced new members ahead of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season.

The Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (MPIUA) is now seeking lower pricing for its latest catastrophe bond, while the target remains to secure $150 million or more in multi-peril aggregate reinsurance protection through the Mayflower Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis has learned.

Arch Capital Group has returned to the catastrophe bond market for its third sponsorship, targeting $100 million of capital markets backed property catastrophe retrocession for peak North American perils from a Ramble Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis can report.

Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. has completed its Catastrophe Excess of Loss Reinsurance Program for the 2026-2027 treaty year, securing a meaningful $5.463 billion of total aggregate reinsurance limit, representing a 65% increase from last year’s $3.304 billion.

Catastrophe models have been called out as failing to account for so-called “supershear” earthquake events, with specialist Lloyd’s re/insurer MS Amlin stating that models “are failing to factor in a little-known class of earthquake despite it being linked to two thirds of industry losses from seismic events in the last decade.”

Gallagher Re’s new Arthur Re Ltd. platform for index-trigger catastrophe bond transactions demonstrated how it can deliver on efficiency and speed to market with the recent $150 million Arthur Re Ltd. – Quercian Re 2026-1 issuance for first-time cat bond sponsor Oak Global, executives have said.