NEW from THE DIRT, May 2026

With Washington Commanders Stadium, OJB Creates Green Space for All

View Web Version | Manage Your Communications Preferences With Washington Commanders Stadium, OJB Creates Green Space for All “We envisioned a stadium in a park. We knew the landscape has to provide a community-wide benefit — a better experience for everyone,” said Jim Burnett, FASLA, founder of OJB Landscape Architecture. OJB has released conceptual designs for an 18-acre landscape that will frame the new Washington Commanders stadium in southwest Washington, D.C. | Read more We’ve Been Looking at Heat Wrong and It’s Killing Us Keenan Gibbons: "Heat doesn’t distribute evenly across a city. It fluctuates dramatically within the same block — across materials, surfaces, and shade conditions." | Read more Leading with Performance and Tradition Jonathan Williams: "We can communicate our climate and biodiversity action work more clearly to a conservative audience by moving away from jargon and toward language that reflects shared values – measured performance, regional land management traditions, and community benefits.“ | Read more Nature-Based Infrastructure Can Be Designed to Manage Floods and Build Community Molly Morgan: "In the next few decades, communities in the U.S. will spend $100 billion managing stormwater. That's a significant amount of money dedicated to managing a result, and it doesn't do anything to address the underlying issue. Instead of investing that money toward stormwater cleanup, it should go toward nature-based infrastructure that prevents flooding." | Read more Climate & Biodiversity News (May 2026) “The Gowanus as an ecosystem and as a neighborhood is so interesting..." said Gena Wirth, FASLA, PLA, design principal and partner at SCAPE. Fast Company looks into two new public spaces designed by SCAPE Landscape Architecture along Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal that help revitalize the polluted waterway and community. | Read more Go to THE DIRT 636 Eye Street NW Washington, D.C. 20001-3736 202-898-2444 info@asla.org | dirt.asla.org © 2025 American Society of Landscape Architects. All rights reserved Manage Your Communications Preferences | Unsubscribe

Florida's June 1st reinsurance renewal

The June 1 renewal has seen price declines ahead of last year, while coverage terms have expanded ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Web version |  Update preferences |  Forward Reinsurance renewal coverage Florida renewals see rates falling faster, coverage terms expanding Florida's reinsurance renewals on June 1st have seen rates falling in the -15% to -20% across many layers, broker Guy Carpenter said today, while also highlighting improved coverage terms for buyers. The Florida market is in a much better place post the legislative reforms, but as ever weight of capital and appetites to deploy it are the main driver of the renewal outcome, it seems Conditions have eased considerably in Florida, with more accommodating terms and coverage at lower levels more readily available for cedents. Read our reinsurance renewals news. Other articles: Jamaica Govt praise investor support for new cat bond, plan parametric CCRIF cover expansion.   Artemis London 2026 Super Early Bird rate ends soon. Register today to secure it.   More details on State Farm’s new $1.5bn Merna Re cat bonds, all annual aggregate protection. Please share this with colleagues and friends if you think they would like to receive it. If you've been forwarded this but want to subscribe, visit Artemis.   You may be receiving this because you recently attended an industry event we partnered with, giving us permission to email you. If you don't want to receive our weekly ILS, catastrophe bond and reinsurance capital newsletter please Unsubscribe  or Edit your subscription here . © Steve Evans Ltd. - Artemis.bm