Catastrophe bond news

There are just two weeks to go until our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, Artemis London 2026, which is being held on September 1st. If you want to join us for a full-day of in-depth ILS market discussion and valuable networking, you must register to attend.

As Twelve Securis continues to expand its presence across Asia, which includes setting up two new distribution partnerships in Taiwan, Vittorio Sangiorgio, who serves as Head of Investment Solutions at the specialist catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has emphasised how the region offers many opportunities for the ILS market to further expand […]

Mangrove Property Insurance Company, the Florida based specialist insurer, has secured a record-setting catastrophe reinsurance programme for the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which is set to provide protection against both the frequency and severity of catastrophe events, with coverage reportedly extending to a 1-in-175 year storm.

Fermat Capital Management has launched a new strategy specifically for investors in New Zealand, with the Fermat Cat Bond PIE Fund becoming the first cat bond fund structured in the tax efficient Portfolio Investment Entities format.

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending August 16th 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 Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) continued to grow its market share of catastrophe bonds and other insurance-linked securities (ILS) in the second-quarter of 2026, ending the period with a record-high $70.5 billion of ILS related listings on the exchange.

A national adaptation plan produced for the government of south Pacific island nation Samoa calls for scaling up of parametric protection across the region, as well as for existing risk pools to cover more perils, while also suggesting a regional catastrophe bond should be planned to provide risk capacity in future.

The full agenda with speaker allocation to panels is now available for our upcoming catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, Artemis London 2026. If you want to join us on September 1st, for a full-day of in-depth ILS market discussion and valuable networking you must register soon to attend.

As alternative reinsurance capital, so that deployed through insurance-linked securities (ILS) and related collateralized structures, continues to expand and gain momentum across the reinsurance market, this pace is expected to continue, and according to Laurent Rousseau of broker Guy Carpenter, this will lead to a greater space for financial investors.

Over the first-half of 2026, Bermuda headquartered re/insurer Arch Capital reported a 27% reduction in net property catastrophe reinsurance premiums, while its senior executives noted higher cessions to reinsurance (likely retro) and third-party capital providers.