Farmers secures upsized $400m Topanga Re 2025-1 cat bond at reduced pricing
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. With the notes now priced, this latest catastrophe bond for Farmers has also priced at lower spread read the full article →
Swiss Re working on “future ideas” in ILS. May need less retrocession: CFO and CEO
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. As we reported this morning, Swiss read the full article →
Rates down 10-15% for “late” 1/1. Cat bonds down more. Floridians to benefit: Dittman and Seo
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 read the full article →
Swiss Re highlights third-party capital investors as supporting nat cat growth
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. Swiss Re explicitly said today, that the read the full article →
FEMA discloses Quantedge as fronted investor in 2025 traditional reinsurance program
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 read the full article →
Meritage Re 2026-1 cat bond seeks $200m named storm cover for GeoVera and SafePort
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. This is the latest catastrophe bond read the full article →
QBE targets $300m Bridge Street Re 2025-2 multi-peril catastrophe bond
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. QBE was last seen in the catastrophe bond market in early read the full article →
Chubb targets $150m East Lane cyber cat bond, the first to provide aggregate coverage
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 read the full article →
Modernisation and liquidity needs of a growing ILS market: Artemis London 2025 video
Our latest video features the fourth panel discussion of the day at Artemis London 2025, a session focused on the modernisation and liquidity needs of the ILS market as it grows, from our fourth catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference in the City of London, UK, held on September read the full article →
Parametrix pays claims swiftly after AWS outage triggers parametric policies
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. Such prompt payments have allowed affected businesses to recover quickly from the event. The AWS outage on Monday read the full article →
