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Howden Re estimates that risk-adjusted property catastrophe reinsurance rates-on-line decreased by as much as 25% on a weighted-average basis at the June 1st renewals, while the broker also highlights greatly improved appetites for lower layers of Florida towers and broader coverage terms being secured for protection buyers.

HCI Group, Inc., the insurance holding company, has completed its catastrophe reinsurance programs for the 2026-2027 treaty year, securing a meaningful $4.06 billion in aggregate excess of loss (XoL) limit for the period, marking a 16% increase from the prior treaty year.

American Integrity Insurance Company has renewed a solid $409.1 million increase in reinsurance limit this year, helped by its latest catastrophe bond transaction, resulting in a reinsurance tower that now extends to $2.99 billion.

Verisk, the data analytics and technology provider, has announced a major update to its Tropical Cyclone Model for the United States, delivered through its new cloud-native Synergy Studio platform, providing a more realistic assessment of individual risk and portfolio exposure across insurance, reinsurance, and capital markets.

Insurance-linked securities investment fund strategies, across catastrophe bonds and private ILS, delivered an average return of 0.53% for the month of April 2026, according to the ILS Advisers Fund Index which saw all tracked strategies reporting so far as positive for the month.

Swiss Re has appointed long-standing senior employee Martin Zingg as the new head of its Alternative Capital Partners (ACP) division, as incumbent to the role Chris Minter is set to retire from the global reinsurance company.

The Florida State Board of Administration, which manages allocations to insurance-linked securities funds and reinsurance strategies on behalf of the giant Florida Retirement System Pension Plan, has said it is likely to reduce its exposure to property catastrophe risk as expected mean loss returns have declined.

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has raised the target size for its fourth catastrophe bond sponsorship by 50%, with now up $150 million of US-wide multi-peril reinsurance protection being sought from the Commonwealth Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) transaction, Artemis has learned.

The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) has raised the target size of its latest catastrophe bond sponsorship a second time, now seeking up to $425 million of fully-collateralized earthquake reinsurance protection from this Sutter Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis can report.

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