reinsurance

Farmers Insurance Group has now successfully secured the one-third upsized $400 million of multi-peril US catastrophe reinsurance protection from the capital markets through its new Topanga Re (Series 2025-1) catastrophe bond issuance, Artemis understands.

Swiss Re is working on “future ideas” within its Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) division that focuses on insurance-linked securities and third-party capital management, the firm’s CEO said today. While its CFO explained more on the fact the company may need less external retrocession in 2026.

Speaking during a panel discussion at the 2025 Florida Chamber Annual Insurance Summit yesterday, Chris Dittman of Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions and John Seo of Fermat Capital Management highlighted that meaningful softening in catastrophe reinsurance rates and the cost of risk capital is expected to flow to the benefit of Floridians in time.

In announcing new targets and a refreshed strategy today, Swiss Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurance companies, has highlighted the role of third-party capital investors in helping to fuel its expansion into natural catastrophe risks over recent years, while also maintaining balanced exposure.

FEMA disclosed the participants in its 2025 traditional reinsurance program for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) this week and it shows that alternative investment manager Quantedge Capital participated on a fronted basis, which appears to be the first year an investor has taken a line on the program in this way.

A new catastrophe bond is in the market that targets coverage for entities linked to MGU SageSure, with $200 million or more in US named storm reinsurance protection being sought for GeoVera and SafePort from this Meritage Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis has learned.

QBE Insurance Group, the Australia headquartered global insurance and reinsurance company, is back in the catastrophe bond market, seeking $300 million or more of international peak peril reinsurance from a Bridge Street Re Ltd. (Series 2025-2) issuance, Artemis has learned.

Chubb is back in the catastrophe bond market seeking more cyber reinsurance from the capital markets, with an initial $150 million target for an East Lane Re VII Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance that could become the first cyber cat bond designed to provide annual aggregate cover for its sponsor, Artemis has learned.

Parametrix, a specialist in parametric cloud downtime cyber risk transfer, has confirmed that it has already paid claims to clients that were impacted by the Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage on October 20, 2025.

CCRIF SPC, the Caribbean and Central America Parametric Insurance Facility and Development Insurer, has unveiled a new parametric insurance product, the Livelihood Protection Policy (LPP), in Jamaica as the country continues to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.