Catch up on our top stories of the last week
Best of Artemis, week ending December 21st 2025 | | | 
Space is filling at a faster pace than prior years! - Vantage to be acquired by Howard Hughes Holdings. Pershing Square to manage assets
Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., the specialty insurance and reinsurance group with a collateralized underwriting arm under the AdVantage strategy, has announced it is to be acquired by the Bill Ackman linked Howard Hughes Holdings, while his hedge fund Pershing Square will manage Vantage's investment assets going forwards. - Willis Re adds ILW, ILS, property retro broking expertise with new joiners
Willis Re is building out its broking expertise of relevance to the insurance-linked securities and third-party reinsurance capital markets. - Howard Hughes Holdings appreciates "high-margin, asset-light fee stream" of AdVantage
With the announcement that insurance and reinsurance specialist Vantage Group is set to be acquired by Howard Hughes Holdings, the firm's third-party collateralized reinsurance capital business AdVantage received a positive mention from the acquirer's executives during an analyst call. - AIG sets up another sidecar-style syndicate at Lloyd's with Blackstone, Amwins, AI in the mix
AIG has announced another special purpose vehicle launch in the Lloyd's of London marketplace, as the insurer has partnered again with Blackstone on another sidecar-style syndicate, while this time distribution giant Amwins and artificial intelligence supplied by Palantir are also in the mix. - Abu Dhabi regulator seeks input on potential ILS framework, synthetic sidecar concept
The financial regulator in Abu Dhabi is asking for stakeholder and industry feedback as it considers developing a framework to support growth of an insurance-linked securities market there, while also seeking input to a concept for a "synthetic sidecar" structure that would sit within a regulated insurance entity. - Higher-layer property cat expected down 20% or more at Jan renewals: TD Cowen
Following a field trip to Bermuda, analysts at TD Cowen have concluded from their discussions on the island that higher-layer property catastrophe reinsurance rates could be down 20% or more at the January 2026 renewals, while attachment points are largely holding, but the renewal is seen as running late. - ILS NYC 2026 conference – Our third speaker announcement
We announced three more expert speakers for our insurance-linked securities conference that will be held in New York on Feb 6th. - Swiss Re: Insured catastrophe losses to reach $107bn in 2025, sixth year exceeding $100bn
For the sixth year running, 2025 will see over $100 billion of natural catastrophe losses covered by sources of insurance and reinsurance capital, according to Swiss Re's Institute, with the research part of the reinsurer projecting a total of around US $107 billion for the year. - OAK Enterprise execs: Overwhelmingly positive client and investor feedback to retro syndicate
Having recently launched the OAK Enterprise retrocession focused Syndicate 1440 at Lloyd's, executives from the company spoke with Artemis to discuss the opportunity they see in writing retro with the backing and support of third-party capital investors, as well as use of the London Bridge ILS structure to channel funding. - Cat bonds, physical risk insurance a top climate adaptation investment theme: Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley recently surveyed over 900 institutional investors to understand their current thoughts on sustainable investments. With climate adaptation and resilience growing in prominence as themes, investors cited catastrophe bonds and physical risk insurance contracts among their top picks. | Featured Conferences & Events | Reinsurance News is a our sister service which delivers the reinsurance news that matters directly through our responsive website and by email to your inbox. This single daily email contains the most important reinsurance news, hand selected by an experienced team of researchers and journalists with years of reinsurance industry experience. | Stay in touch with Artemis | | | | |
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