Vantage Risk building a “mosaic of capital” as investors look beyond property cat: McKeown
As investor appetite continues to broaden beyond property catastrophe, Vantage Risk is building a “mosaic of capital providers,” matching different investors with different risks, from short-tail cat exposures to long-tail casualty and credit lines, according to Chris McKeown, Chief Executive, Reinsurance, ILS, and Innovation. Speaking with Artemis around the key reinsurance read the full article →
Man AHL launches awaited UCITS strategy, the Man Systematic Cat Bonds fund
Man Group, a global independent alternative and active investment management firm, has now launched its awaited UCITS catastrophe bond fund managed under the Man AHL brand, with the Man Systematic Cat Bonds fund having become operational earlier this month, Artemis can report. We first revealed back in February 2025 that the read the full article →
UCITS catastrophe bond fund assets hit $17.73bn after Q3, now up 28%+ in 2025
The UCITS catastrophe bond fund sector has continued to expand through the latest quarter of record, adding more than 3% in assets under management across the group of 17 UCITS cat bond funds, to reach a new high of almost $17.73 billion after September 2025. Year-to-date, to the end of Q3, read the full article →
Hannover Re’s E+S Rück sees catastrophe reinsurance demand rising, ILS opportunity
Irrespective of lower claims experience over the last year in natural catastrophe reinsurance business, Hannover Re’s German subsidiary E+S Rückversicherung AG has said that it expects demand for property catastrophe reinsurance will continue to rise, while insurance-linked securities (ILS) business is also seen as an area of opportunity for the read the full article →
As world fragments, more reinsurance risk transfer capacity required: GC’s Rousseau
The insurance and reinsurance industry must push the boundaries of risk taking, an audience heard in Baden-Baden yesterday, as broker Guy Carpenter's annual Reinsurance Symposium highlighted the stabilising force that risk transfer capital and capacity exerts on the world. This year’s theme of Guy Carpenter’s symposium at the annual Baden-Baden event read the full article →
USAA gets upsized $400m Res Re 2025-2 cat bond with meaningfully reduced pricing
Insurer USAA has secured its upsized $400 million target for multi-peril per-occurrence reinsurance from its latest catastrophe bond issuance, as the Residential Reinsurance 2025 Limited (Series 2025-2) deal has now been priced with its spreads finalised at the low-ends of their twice-reduced guidance. USAA ventured back into the cat bond market read the full article →
Hannover Re secures upsized $240m Acorn Re parametric cat bond priced below guidance
The sixth transaction in the Acorn Re parametric earthquake catastrophe bond series from global reinsurance firm Hannover Re has now been finalised so that this Acorn Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) transaction will provide $240 million of protection, while the spread paid to noteholders will be below the initial price guidance. As read the full article →
Best of Artemis, week ending October 19th 2025
Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending October 19th 2025, 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. Ten most read the full article →
Dedicated reinsurance capital expected to reach $650bn by end of 2025: Doyle, MMC
Speaking during Marsh McLennan’s Q3 2025 earnings call, John Doyle, President of the firm said that dedicated reinsurance capital is projected to reach $650 billion by the end of 2025, while also stating that the reinsurance market remains resilient in the face of elevated nat cat losses, geopolitical instability and read the full article →
Federal lawsuit against Wander, 777 et al highlights misuse, double-pledging of collateral
Investment firm 777 Partners and its co-founders including Josh Wander are facing fraud charges filed against them by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in a lawsuit that alleges misuse of funds and collateral, while also highlighting the double-pledging of assets that should have backed a lending facility. Wander et read the full article →
