Catastrophe bond news

HSBC Bank USA, N.A. has announced a key hire to enhance its capabilities in the provision of corporate trusts to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, bringing Michael Commisso to the firm from his previous role at BNY.

You can now watch the full replay of our recent Artemis Live webinar, Catastrophe Bond and ILS Market Conditions at Mid-Year 2025, from which you can gain insights into the state of the market and expert opinion about renewal outcomes for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, as well as an outlook for the rest of […]

In an exclusive interview, Co-Founder Greg Hagood and Chief Investment Officer Jessica Laird of Nephila Capital, one of the world’s largest and longest-standing insurance-linked securities (ILS) managers, told Artemis that during the past six years of Markel Group ownership, the Nephila business is a “materially enhanced platform offering a broader suite of investment portfolios for […]

The Government of the United Kingdom has confirmed new authorisation targets for new insurance special purpose vehicle (ISPV) applications, as well as a 10-day target for certain insurance-linked securities (ILS) arrangements, while also launching a new consultation on a more flexible and extended risk transformation regime.

The Ambassador US mutual catastrophe bond fund strategy operated by Embassy Asset Management grew its total insurance-linked securities (ILS) assets under management by approximately 23% in the last quarter of record. Its cat bond holdings have continued to grow taking the fund’s AUM to $537 million by the end of June.

CyberCube, a specialist modelling firm for cyber risks and exposures, has launched Portfolio Manager Version 6 (PMv6), the latest version of the organisation’s catastrophe model that empowers portfolio-level insights.

Kaith Re Ltd., the transformer vehicle owned and operated by global reinsurance firm Hannover Re, has issued a new private catastrophe bond arrangement, with a $19.05 million tranche of Seaside Re (Series 2025-61) notes issued and privately placed with investors, Artemis has learned.

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending July 13th 2025, 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.

Swiss Re, the global reinsurer, has now secured its targeted $65 million in North American earthquake and named storm retrocession from its latest catastrophe bond, as the new Matterhorn Re Ltd. (Series 2025-2) issuance has been priced at the low-end of initial guidance.

Fermat Capital Management, the specialist catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has benefited from meaningful and consistent inflows to its UCITS catastrophe bond fund strategy this year, growing the funds AUM by 182% to reach almost $2.12 billion as of this week.