Third-party reinsurance capital news

Broker Marsh is aiming to bring alternative sources of insurance and reinsurance capital into the digital infrastructure risk transfer sector, through the launch of a $10 billion property insurance exchange named Stratus.

Fitch Ratings anticipates the growth of the alternative reinsurance capital and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market will continue in 2027, as risk-adjusted returns remain attractive to investors and sponsor demand for capacity remains high, despite the backdrop of reinsurance rate softening.

One week from today we will hold our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, Artemis London 2026. With over 200 attendees already registered we do have space left for more, but you must register here if you want to attend the event.

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending August 23rd 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.

Solid returns generated by the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market in recent years have encouraged investors to maintain or increase their allocations, leading rating agency AM Best to highlight third-party reinsurance capital as an increasingly important part of global reinsurance capacity.

RenaissanceRe Capital Partners, the specialist third-party capital management division of the reinsurer, lifted its partnering investor capital managed across joint-venture reinsurance and insurance-linked securities strategies by around 5.5% over the last year, to end June 2026 with $8.54 billion of assets under management.

Hannover Re is continuing to build-out its Bermuda-based insurance-linked securities (ILS) platform Hannover Re Capital Partners in 2026, with funds deployed for partnering investors already, the team being strengthened and a goal to onboard more investors while establishing new structures to support a range of investment opportunities.

With now less than two weeks to go until our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, Artemis London 2026, here’s another update on who you can meet if you attend. If you want to join us for a full-day of in-depth ILS market discussion and valuable networking, you must register here.

Arch Capital, the Bermuda headquartered insurance and reinsurance specialist, continues to utilise its Voussoir Re Ltd. collateralized reinsurance sidecar and special purpose insurance (SPI) vehicle to help third-party investors access the returns of its underwriting, with a new preferred share issuance from the structure in 2026.

There are just two weeks to go until our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, Artemis London 2026, which is being held on September 1st. If you want to join us for a full-day of in-depth ILS market discussion and valuable networking, you must register to attend.