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Catastrophe bond issuance was above-average at $948 million for the third-quarter of the year which has served to keep the market on pace to set new records, with total nine-month 2026 issuance reaching a new $18.9 billion high of risk capital analysed and tracked by Artemis, our latest quarterly catastrophe bond market report shows.

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 […]

The extent to whether catastrophe bonds have truly become a mainstream investment product was a key discussion point during Artemis’ 2026 Bermuda ILS Executive Roundtable, in which experts from across the ILS sector discussed whether rated bonds, pooled ILS offerings, and enhanced secondary liquidity are ready to unlock vast new sources of traditional capital.

Welcome to Artemis’ 2026 Bermuda ILS Executive Roundtable, during which leaders and experts from across the insurance-linked securities sector discussed the momentum being seen in catastrophe bonds and ILS this year, as well as the continued importance of Bermuda’s role in the market.

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 […]

2025 is the year all headline catastrophe bond records fell, and the first time annual issuance exceeded $20 billion, rising by 45% year-on-year to $25.6 billion across full 144A and private transactions we analysed. It was supported by record fourth quarter issuance of over $7 billion, the fifth-largest quarter ever, Artemis’ new quarterly catastrophe bond […]

Issuance of catastrophe bonds and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) was above-average at $1.036 billion in the third-quarter of 2025, lifting annual issuance to $18.6 billion at the end of the period. Which puts this year well on-track to surpass the $20 billion mark for the first time ever, Artemis’ new quarterly cat bond market report […]

Issuance of catastrophe bonds and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) approached a massive $10.5 billion for the second-quarter of 2025, growing the outstanding cat bond market by $4.6 billion to a new end of quarter high of $56.7 billion, Artemis’ new quarterly cat bond market report shows.

During the first-quarter of 2025, the trend in the catastrophe bond market was one of issuances upsizing and pricing down thanks to elevated levels of investor demand and robust capital levels in the sector.

Catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) market issuance reached a huge $7.1 billion for the first-quarter of 2025, which has driven the size of the outstanding market to a new all-time-high of $52.2 billion, Artemis’ new quarterly cat bond market report shows.