Insurance-linked investments

Insurance-linked securities investment strategies across catastrophe bonds and private ILS clearly demonstrated the valuable diversification the asset class can deliver in March 2026, with the ILS Advisers Fund Index rising 0.67% for the month.

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending May 3rd 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.

Adoption of advanced technology and artificial intelligence are serving to expand addressable markets for the insurance and reinsurance industry, with digital infrastructure one example where data analytics are expected to help Aon access institutional sources of capital for its clients, CEO Greg Case explained today.

For global re/insurance group Everest, the Mt. Logan Re third-party capital vehicle continues to build momentum throughout 2026, with its assets under management surpassing $2.6 billion, and according to Everest’s President and CEO, Jim Williamson, the vehicle continues to play an increasingly important role in the company’s capital model.

Northern Re, the collateralized reinsurance company that provides investors access to returns of its long-tail casualty underwriting business, has announced that it has selected Palantir Technologies as a core platform to support the continued development of its capital intelligence capabilities.

Nephila Capital’s insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund management revenues reported within parent Markel’s results rose by an impressive 59% year-on-year, to reach $40.5 million in the first-quarter of 2026.

A recent survey of insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors conducted by reinsurance broker Gallagher Re and Gallagher Securities reveals a notable rise in market appetite for 2026. The findings indicate that a clear majority of both specialist and generalist allocators intend to expand their exposure to insurance-related assets over the next two years.

Whilst the casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) space continues to emerge as a transformative capital source for long-tail risk, Yulia Bruskova argues that ILS investors in casualty risk deserve the same level of transparency in exposure and systemic risk understanding that natural catastrophe investors have long been receiving.

Our latest video features another panel discussion from Artemis ILS NYC 2026, a session focused on the expanding range of investment opportunities in the ILS asset class, from our tenth catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference in the ILS NYC series, held on February 6th 2026 in New York.

London market insurance and reinsurance firms, including at Lloyd’s, have increased their use of alternative capital and insurance-linked securities in recent years. But while this is seen as supportive of their returns-on-equity and cycle management capabilities, it may also exacerbate rate softening AM Best warns.