Here's our latest Friday wrap-up of key news from the week.
This week we held our fourth Artemis London conference. Over 220 attendees joined us as speakers highlighted a cat bond and ILS market full of opportunity, but where transparency, communication and a continued push towards modernisation are key.
There were no new cat bonds, but plenty of news to break.
We broke the news that Goldman Sachs hired two experienced cat bond and ILS structuring specialists, as it looks to expand its capabilities in the space once again.
We were also first to report that the PGGM / PFZW ILS allocation target range for the SCOR sidecar Concordia Re has been increased.
We revealed that Swiss headquartered specialist in parametric agriculture insurance Pula established a collateralized insurer class of company in Bermuda, named Pula Reinsurance Ltd.
In an exclusive interview with Artemis, the leadership of Nephila explained their focus remains serving investors and being a valued trading partner with cedants.
Artemis was also first to report that Lloyd's CEO Patrick Tiernan said that London Bridge has now supported £2.2bn of new capital entry into the market.
In other stories this week, as the Monte Carlo RVS event starts this weekend a raft of companies commented on the market.
Leading rating agencies adjusted their outlooks for the global reinsurance sector, becoming in general a little more negative and warning of higher competition
Gallagher Re said there will be no surprise if 2026 becomes the fourth consecutive year of record catastrophe bond issuance.
Moodys Ratings said it expects alternative capital will keep growing, and also said it expects another year of strong cat bond issuance in 2026.
Alternative capital within the reinsurance market has "not yet reached its full capacity," according to Guy Carpenter's Laurent Rousseau.
S&P highlighted the increasingly important role of collateralized retrocession for reinsurers.
While Aon's van Slooten said that covergence is alive and well as reinsurance turn to alternative capital and ILS structures.
The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market experienced a strong month of returns in July 2025 according to the ILS Advisers Fund Index, which rose by 1.51% for the month.
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We'll be back next week with more regular coverage.
We hope you have a safe & relaxing weekend.
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