Catch up on our top stories of the last week
Best of Artemis, week ending July 27th 2025 | | | 
Early Bird rate expires this month. Register today! - Number of catastrophe bond sponsors with $500m+ outstanding rises 46% in a year
The number of catastrophe bond sponsors in the Artemis leaderboard with at least $500 million in risk capital outstanding across in-force cat bond arrangements has risen by approximately 46% in just one year, as the roster of sponsors in the cat bond market continues to expand alongside this year's rapid issuance activity. - CalPERS hires PGGM's Head of Credit and ILS Canio to lead its private debt investing
The California Public Employees' Retirement System, or CalPERS, the largest public pension fund in the United States with total assets under management of over $556 billion, has hired Mascha Canio, the head of credit and insurance-linked investments at PGGM, to lead its debt investment portfolio. - Capital disciplined. Investor conversations return-focused: RenaissanceRe CEO
Speaking during a second-quarter earnings call, Kevin O'Donnell, CEO of Bermuda based underwriter and third-party reinsurance capital manager RenaissanceRe, said that he doesn't see issues with capital wanting to enter the sector regardless of return. - Eaton Vance upsizes Swiss Re Core Nat Cat Fund investment, refreshes Munich Re sidecar
Eaton Vance, part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, has added to two of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) allocations it makes within its mutual fund range, with an upsized commitment to the Swiss Re Core Nat Cat Fund and a fresh investment into Munich Re's sidecar vehicle Eden Re II made for 2025. - McGill hires Henderson as CEO, Bermuda. Appoints Cantlay as President, Bermuda
McGill and Partners, the boutique risk solutions and broking firm, has hired Julia Henderson to lead its Bermuda business as CEO, while its London-based reinsurance treaty specialist George Cantlay has been named as President, Bermuda. - UCITS catastrophe bond fund sector grew 24% to new $17.12bn high in H1 2025
Catastrophe bond funds structured in the UCITS format continued to rapidly expand through the second-quarter of 2025, with the sector as a whole having grown its combined cat bond assets under management by an impressive 24%, or over $3.31 billion, just since the end of last year. - Andrew Laing named Head of PartnerRe Capital Management as CEO Hughes to depart
PartnerRe announced that Andrew Laing has been promoted to become the new Head of its third-party capital focused PartnerRe Capital Management division, as incumbent in the role Andrew Hughes is set to depart the firm. - Munich Re says major P&C reinsurance losses very low in Q2, to far exceed analyst consensus
Signalling a continuation of more equitable sharing of major loss activity between the insurance and reinsurance tiers of the market, global player Munich Re has cited "very low major-loss expenditure in property-casualty reinsurance" in Q2 2025, leading it to pre-announce a quarterly result that far exceeds the analyst consensus. - Artemis London 2025: Third wave of speakers for our upcoming ILS conference
We revealed another wave of expert speakers set to appear at our upcoming catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference, Artemis London 2025. Held in London on September 2nd, the event will feature a full-day of in-depth discussion about the ILS market and valuable networking. - RenRe third-party capital fee income hits record high in Q2, JV & ILS investors share in profits
RenaissanceRe reported that its Capital Partners business generated record fee income from its range of joint ventures and insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds in the second-quarter of 2025, while profits shared with investors in the vehicles also rose to one of its highest levels ever. | Featured Conferences & Events | Artemis London 2025, September 2nd Our annual catastrophe bond and ILS conference returns in London on September 2nd 2025. With space for more people and a new venue this year, it promises to be our biggest London event yet. | Future conferences Please save these dates for upcoming Artemis conferences: Artemis ILS NYC 2026 - February 6th, 2026, New York City.
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