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We’ve reported before that the giant insurance-linked securities (ILS) portfolio managed by PGGM, the Dutch pension fund investment manager, on behalf of its end-client Dutch pension PFZW, had delivered a 15.1% net of costs return for calendar year 2024, on a Euro hedged basis.

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending June 29th 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.

According to an analysis from reinsurer Swiss Re, a repeat of 2005’s hurricane Katrina hitting in an identical manner using today’s exposure values and protective measures, could drive an insured loss close to $100 billion.

Underscoring the potential impacts of climate change across the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, ILS specialists at global asset management group Schroders have suggested that ILS managers should recalibrate risk assessments to reflect the climate change that has already occurred, and not just long-term projections.

The specialty re/insurance market may be starting to soften, but the inflection point into a full soft market remains two to three years away, according to a new report from Peel Hunt.

Markel, the global specialty insurer, has promoted Nikki-Lynn Marshall to the role of Head of insurance-linked securities (ILS), after just six months in her previous role with the firm.

Mercury General Corporation, the California headquartered insurer, is aiming to upsize its debut 144A catastrophe bond market, raising the target to secure as much as $150 million in reinsurance from the Luca Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance to cover wildfire and fire-following earthquake losses in its home state, Artemis can report.

Descartes Underwriting, the parametric risk transfer specialist, has announced the launch of a new fully customisable Flood-at-Location parametric flood insurance product for U.S. commercial customers.

Ariel Re, the Bermuda headquartered global reinsurer, has now secured the upsized $150 million of multi-peril retrocessional reinsurance protection from its fifth catastrophe bond, Titania Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1), Artemis can report.

The CEO of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation has hailed the ongoing recovery of Florida’s property insurance market, explaining that the insurers policy count now stands some 45% lower than its most recent peak and exposure down 43% in just one year, while market conditions suggest this trend will continue.