Artemis Newsletter - January 14th 2026

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Web version |  Update preferences |  Forward Artemis Newsletter - January 14th 2026 Artemis News Log ILS NYC 2026 - Register soon to secure your place - Calidris announces leadership hires after closing inaugural sidecar transaction - Cat bond dynamics of 2025 suggest market likely to continue growing: Steiger, Icosa - GC Securities execs see sidecars as big focus for 2026. Flag aggregate capacity challenges - Innovating hedging and risk transfer with forecast contracts: Patrick Brown, Interactive Brokers - Quercus II Re cat bond demonstrates Groupama's capacity for innovation across ILS: Lacoste - 2025 saw $108bn insured disaster losses, costliest year for non-peak perils: Munich Re - Kerala urges Indian government to issue cat bonds to protect against disaster-linked losses - Integral ILS sponsoring first cat bond, seeks $200m named storm retro with Windrose Re - Swiss Re redeems Matterhorn mortality cat bond early, to return $46.9m principal to investors - Ambassador mutual fund surpasses $700m in cat bond and ILW assets - Bermuda Stock Exchange grows value of cat bond and ILS listings 16.4% to $65.2bn in 2025 - Gallagher Re hires Guy Carpenter's Tokmen as Head of Structured, UK Capital Solutions - Retrocession renews "very late". Capacity pressures rates, frequency covers return: Gallagher Re - Swiss Re Global Cat Bond Performance Index returns 11.40% for 2025 - Fermat hires Tiziani to strengthen investor relations in Switzerland and Italy - Suncorp says natural hazard losses rise higher over budget, as bushfires now in focus - Still-strong reinsurance returns to sustain compounding price competition: KBW - TransRe expands Torre's role to global property, in addition to third-party capital - UCITS catastrophe bond funds added $5.3bn+ in 2025, reaching $19.12bn AUM - Lockton Re names Bisset CEO North America, Durant Global Vice Chairman - MS Amlin committed to supporting the development of ILS in Asia: William Ho, CEO APAC - Guy Carpenter launches dedicated sidecar Center of Excellence, Hochberg to lead - GeoVera insurers target $350m Veraison Re 2026-1 US earthquake catastrophe bond - Performance, diversification, attractive relative value support ILS demand: Ruoff, Schroders Capital - Stonybrook names Dan Butzbaugh Global Practice Leader, Parametric - Twelve Securis launches new RT1-focused insurance-linked investment fund strategy - Catastrophe bond market records that were broken in 2025 - American Coastal renews other perils & catastrophe aggregate XoL reinsurance for 2026 - Australia's late November convective storms seen as AU$2.663bn industry loss: PERILS - Reinsurance attachments hold firm, insurers weigh buying more protection in 2026: Moody's Ratings - Ark renews Outrigger Re reinsurance sidecar at smaller $70m for 2026 - Gallagher Re hires Artex's Scott Cobon as Head of Strategic Solutions, Bermuda - Pioneer cat bond & interval ILS fund surpass $2.5bn AUM, return 12.82% & 18.66% respectively - QBE Re sponsors $550m+ George Street Re casualty sidecar with Culpeper & Calidris support - ILW rates fall 10%-20% at Jan renewals, growth to normalise in 2026: Howden Re - Radix ILS hires insurance management & operations specialist Plianthos as COO For continuous coverage in real-time visit Artemis. 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