reinsurance

Achmea, the Netherlands headquartered European insurance group, has now raised its target for collateralized European windstorm reinsurance from the new Windmill III Re DAC (2026-1) catastrophe bond by one-third to €100 million, while the price guidance has been lowered, Artemis can report.

Verisk’s recent launch of its updated U.S. Tropical Cyclone model, delivered via the firm’s new cloud-native Synergy Studio platform, represents a major milestone built on years of deliberate work, and according to Gayatri Natarajan, SVP of Product Management, the extensive effort behind the release directly reflects the evolving demands of the complex risk landscape the […]

Mercury General Corporation (Mercury Insurance), the California headquartered insurer, has now set the target for fire reinsurance limit from the new Luca Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) catastrophe bond issuance at $150 million, while the price guidance for the notes had fallen for a second time, Artemis can report.

Arch Capital Group is now aiming to upsize its latest catastrophe bond sponsorship, now targeting a 50% upsized $150 million of property catastrophe retrocession for peak North American perils from its new Ramble Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis has learned.

Insurer USAA has extended the maturity dates for two tranches of its Residential Reinsurance 2022 Limited (Series 2022-1) annual aggregate catastrophe bond issuance, amounting to $95 million of notes, which we assume is to allow for continued development of losses from the April 2024 to end of March 2025 risk period.

Home insurtech Hippo Holdings Inc. has completed the placement of its 2026 reinsurance program, effective June 1st, 2026, securing a meaningful $777 million of total aggregate reinsurance limit, and $513 million of first-event coverage limit.

With the development of a strong El Niño expected to be one of the key drivers of global catastrophe risk during the second half of 2026 and into early 2027, specialist catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) manager Twelve Securis believes that it will also drive a redistribution of risk across the re/insurance and ILS […]

As market volatility continues to drive a rising demand for structured solutions, reinsurers are increasingly forced to handle complex client objectives all at once, and being able to successfully execute these deals requires underwriting, pricing, and capital teams to be well aligned from the very start. In order to tackle this, Northern Re has built […]

Ariel Re, the Bermuda headquartered global reinsurance firm, has promoted its head of platform development Tim Shreeve to the role of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).

CRC Group, a wholesale insurance services and distribution specialist, has launched a new Risk Solutions Division to advance its focus on developing proprietary capacity, capital partnerships and alternative risk solutions, including its reinsurance sidecars, appointing Bill Goldstein to lead the division.