Catastrophe bond news

The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) has clearly demonstrated its appetite to continue layering efficient reinsurance from the capital markets within its reinsurance tower, by securing the upsized $770 million of limit target from its new Ursa Re II Ltd. (Series 2025-2) catastrophe bond, Artemis understands.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved plans to issue a pilot parametric catastrophe bond for Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan which could be as much as $100 million in size, protecting both countries against earthquake and flood risks.

American Family Mutual Insurance Company (AmFam) is back in the catastrophe bond market looking to secure $150 million or more in multi-peril US catastrophe reinsurance protection from this Four Lakes Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1)  cat bond issuance, its sixth cat bond sponsorship in as many years, Artemis understands from sources.

Spain headquartered global reinsurance company Mapfre Re has returned to the catastrophe bond market for its second visit, looking to secure €125 million in annual aggregate European windstorm retrocession deal through its second Recoletos Re DAC (Series 2025-1) issuance, Artemis has learned.

Third-party investor capital under management in RenaissanceRe Capital Partners range of reinsurance joint-ventures and insurance-linked securities strategies rose to $8.54 billion by September 30th 2025, with the figure increasing by $450 million in the quarter.

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) of the Bank of England has published a discussion paper to gather feedback on how the UK’s insurance special purpose vehicle (ISPV) or ILS structures can play a role towards bringing in alternative capital to support life risks and reinsurance in the UK.

The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) has now raised its target for fully-collateralized earthquake reinsurance from its latest catastrophe bond, the Ursa Re II Ltd. (Series 2025-2) issuance, with now between $670 million and $770 million of limit sought, while the price guidance has been reduced for both tranches of notes.

The Hartford, a US primary property and casualty insurer, is back in the catastrophe bond market seeking $270 million or more in multi-peril collateralized catastrophe reinsurance protection from the capital markets through sponsorship of a Foundation Re IV Ltd. (Series 2026-1) cat bond issuance.

AXA XL, the global specialty insurance and reinsurance arm of the AXA Group, has returned to the catastrophe bond market seeking $175 million or more of industry loss based retrocessional protection with a new Galileo Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance, as the company demonstrates a desire to secure more capital markets backed cover.

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