Private cat bond news

While catastrophe bonds remain an attractive source of diversifying returns, investors focusing solely on public markets are overlooking a massive portion of the market. According to Cahal Doris, CIO of Private ILS at Twelve Securis, combining liquid cat bonds with selectively sourced private ILS is key to unlocking broader diversification and improving long-term, risk-adjusted returns.

Artex Axcell Re, the Bermuda domiciled Artex Risk Solutions operated risk transformer entity, has issued another new private catastrophe bond transaction, with $60 million of Artex Axcell Re (Series FE0004) notes coming to market.

Hannover Re’s Bermuda-domiciled transformer vehicle Kaith Re Ltd. has issued another private catastrophe bond under its Seaside Re program, with a $14.94 million Seaside Re (Series 2026-61) deal that we expect will be exposed to US property catastrophe risks and provide reinsurance or retrocession for an unknown sponsor.

Hannover Re, the global reinsurance company, has facilitated issuance of a new $7.47 million private LI Re 2026-3 catastrophe bond using its Bermuda-domiciled transformer vehicle Kaith Re Ltd., with this new deal expected to support a collateralized, transformed and securitized reinsurance or retrocession arrangement.

Catastrophe bond market momentum accelerated through the second-quarter of 2026 and has broken many records, with more than $11.3 billion of new risk capital analysed and tracked in the period, making Q2 2026 the biggest single quarter in the history of the cat bond market and driving H1 to set another high bar, Artemis’ new […]

A new private catastrophe bond has come to market via an Aon operated White Rock Insurance entity that we believe to be domiciled in Guernsey, with a $14.85 million tranche of Raptor Re 2026-1 notes privately placed with qualified investors.

Another new Japanese denominated private catastrophe bond arrangement has been issued by Artex Axcell Re, the Bermuda based Artex Risk Solutions operated transformer entity, with the roughly US $3.8 million Artex Axcell Re (Series FE0005) transaction potentially another renewal of a recently matured private cat bond deal.

Parametrix is delighted to see expanded support from investors across the market to cover the tail risk of cloud outage events through Hannover Re’s successful renewal of its landmark parametric catastrophe bond, Cumulus Re (Series 2026-1), Sharon Haran, Managing Director of Parametrix Analytics, has said.

Hannover Re’s Bermuda-domiciled transformer vehicle Kaith Re Ltd. has issued two new private catastrophe bonds, with a relatively small $4 million of notes issued across the LI Re (Series 2026-1) and LI Re (Series 2026-2) deals that will support securitized and collateralized reinsurance or retrocession arrangements.

After breaking all records last year, catastrophe bond market momentum persisted through the first-quarter of 2026, with a significant $6.7 billion of new risk capital analysed and tracked in the period, making Q1 2026 the second most active start to the year in the cat bond market’s history, Artemis’ new quarterly catastrophe bond market report […]