Reinsurance linked investment

With less than a month to go until our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, we wanted to give you an idea of who you can meet if you register for Artemis London 2026. Join us on September 1st for a full-day of in-depth ILS market discussion and valuable networking. Register to […]

Insurance-linked securities investment fund strategies, across catastrophe bonds and private ILS, experienced their strongest month of returns this year so far in June 2026, averaging a return of 0.83%, according to the ILS Advisers Fund Index.

Everest Group, the global insurance and reinsurance specialist, reported an increase in premiums ceded to Mt. Logan Re Ltd., its third-party capitalised sidecar-like structure in the second-quarter of 2026, while the company also disclosed ceding $274 million of written premiums to its new Annapurna Re casualty reinsurance sidecar vehicle.

International life and annuity insurance specialist Talcott Financial Group (Talcott) has announced the launch of West Grove Re Ltd., a Bermuda based reinsurance sidecar structure that has been capitalised with approximately $1 billion after a fund-raise in partnership with Goldman Sachs.

Reinsurance broker Lockton Re has successfully executed what the firm believes is the first industry-loss warranty (ILW) that combines property catastrophe and cyber risk triggers within a single limit structure for a protection buying client.

The catastrophe bond market continues to demonstrate increased comfort with the wildfire peril in 2026, with the amount of risk capital deployed to support cat bonds that have some exposure to wildfire having soared to $5.183 billion year-to-date, already nearing the full-year record of $5.55 billion for the peril seen in 2025.

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending August 2nd 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.

Despite a surge in third-party capital assets under management within its Mt. Logan Capital Management unit, driven largely by the launch of the Annapurna Re casualty reinsurance sidecar, Jim Williamson, President and CEO of Everest Group has outlined that the company doesn’t change its underwriting logic based on the availability of third-party capital.

Speaking this morning during the SCOR earnings call, CEO Thierry Léger commented on the potential for wildfire catastrophe bonds to support European re/insurers, saying that the quantity of ILS will only increase with the quality of the modelling and as there is greater understanding of the influence of climate change on the wildfire peril.

With just over one month until our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, tickets are selling fast and the Early Bird rate expires at the end of Friday this week. We have added four new expert speakers to the Artemis London 2026 website. Join us on September 1st for a full-day of […]