Artemis Newsletter - January 29th 2025

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Web version |  Update preferences |  Forward Artemis Newsletter - January 29th 2025 Artemis News Log ILS NYC 2025 - You must register soon to attend! - LA wildfires could stabilise or increase US reinsurance and retro rates: Euler ILS Partners - Montauk Point launched by Szakmary to provide independent strategic advice to third-party capital - Minimal wildfire write-down effect visible in UCITS cat bond fund Index - Jireh and SRS partner on ILS servicing and risk transformation, launch Strata ILS Ltd. - Security First seeks $210m Florida named storm cat bond, First Coast Re IV 2025-1 - Radix Insurance Linked Strategies (Radix ILS) launched by former-Hamilton exec Hanni Ali - Liberty Mutual reveals $2.8bn property cat occurrence limit, $500m aggregate - Catastrophe bond sponsor leaderboard added 40+ new entries in just over three years - CatIQ raises Jasper, Canada wildfire insured loss estimate to C$1.23bn - Renewed interest in cat bonds indicates favourable market entry point for new sponsors: Acrisure Re - Any LA wildfire cat bond losses expected to be small. Issuance remains unaffected: Fitch - Securis hires Armand Foy from Pillar to boost North American distribution - GeoVera's target for Veraison Re 2025-1 cat bond lifted to as much as $400m - PGGM / PFZW ILS portfolio returns 15.1% in 2024. AUM flat in Q4 at ~US $8.68bn - Hannover Re secures upsized $200m aggregate retro from 3264 Re 2025 cat bond - Swiss Re prices Matterhorn Re 2025-1 cat bond for $210m retro at reduced spreads - Ruby Re life reinsurance sidecar fees already meaningful: RGA execs - ILS NYC 2025: Two weeks today. Register now if you want to attend! - Aetna secures sixteenth Vitality Re health ILS as largest ever at $250m - Inigo secures 15% upsized $115m Montoya Re cat bond - Debut cat bond ensures TD Insurance can protect customers when it matters: CEO - Lockton Re confirms Norris hire as UK Capital Markets Structuring and Cyber ILS Leader - Steel City Re's reputational value index offers stable, elevated returns for investors: CEO Kossovsky - Outside of quota shares / sidecars, retrocession to play minor role in wildfire loss support - LA wildfires: KCC estimates industry insured losses will be close to $28bn - APCIA CEO joins call for California to issue cat bonds to recapitalise FAIR Plan after fires - Larger ILS market to offer broader risk management, more diversification: Jefferies - Reinsurance losses from LA wildfires unlikely to change trajectory of pricing: Evercore ISI - LA wildfires: Verisk estimates insured losses at between $28bn and $35bn - Descartes unveils parametric product to protect US solar farms against tornado damage - Travelers lifts catastrophe XoL reinsurance to $3.675bn for 2025, retention rises to $4bn - Innovation, new capital required to bridge economic insured loss gap: Case and Marcell, Aon - Risk models pose challenges to expected loss cat bond fund comparisons, says Plenum - ILS market growth, attractive allocation opportunities expected in 2025: LGT Capital Partners For continuous coverage in real-time visit Artemis. 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