Our news and analysis from the last week
Artemis Newsletter - February 4th 2026 | | |  - Verisk estimates winter storm Fern insured losses could reach $4bn - High attachments anchor profitability despite renewal property cat rate declines: J.P. Morgan - Slide targets $250m Purple Re 2026-1 cat bond, for broadest named storm reinsurance yet - Swiss Re now targets up to $150m agg retro from Matterhorn Re 2026-1 cat bond - Winter storm Fern privately insured loss estimated at $6.7bn by KCC - Elementum promotes five, including Lauer to Chief Operating Officer - Squarepoint hires Guillaume Legal as ILS Portfolio Manager - Subordinated insurance debt to outperform in 2026, following landmark 2025 RT1 issuance: Plenum - Cat bonds a sustainable opportunity. Private ILS gaining investor momentum: JANA - Selective expands top-layer at renewal, lifting reinsurance tower to $1.5bn - American Integrity targets $175m+ Integrity Re III 2026-1 catastrophe bond - GeoVera insurers secure $350m Veraison Re 2026-1 US quake cat bond at reduced pricing - SageSure adjusts target size for largest Gateway Re cat bond, now $645m to $690m - PERILS raises October Australia east coast SCS losses 37% to A$1.512bn - Aon's cat bond issuance business expanded more than 50% in 2025: CEO Case - Cat bonds remain favoured due to their liquidity and more standardised structure: Howden Re - MGIC secures $323.5m Home Re 2026-1 mortgage ILS protection - Gallagher Re's Cyber Aggregate XOL RAR index posts 32% decline at Jan renewals - Integral ILS secures upsized $275m of retro with debut Windrose Re catastrophe bond - Winter storm Fern insured losses expected over a billion, to rival other historic events: Aon - Securitization critical to meet data centre opportunity risk capital needs: Guy Carpenter CEO Klisura - Cat bond funds return 10.1%, private ILS 12.47% in 2025. Dispersion high: ILS Advisers - MMIFS Re 2026-1 cat bond to help manage rising multi-peril costs in Canada: TD Insurance CEO - Insured cat losses top $100bn for sixth consecutive year, as warming oceans alter hurricane risks: WTW - Attachment points, portfolio quality to support reinsurance profits in 2026: Euler ILS Partners - Third-party capital permanent, increasingly important beyond cat: Flandro, Howden Re - KCC hires former Weston CEO Deanne Nixon as Senior Vice President - Eberhardt takes on Hannover Re Capital Partners CEO role. Horstmann a Director - Reinsurance prices show sharper softening than anticipated at Jan renewals: Moody's Ratings - SI Re expands ILS investments to $111.5m, delivering "strong results" in 2025 - Aon's Catastrophe Bond Total Return Index delivered 11.6% return in 2025 - African Risk Capacity (ARC) writes first parametric flood insurance policy for Madagascar For continuous coverage in real-time visit Artemis. For details of the latest catastrophe bonds visit our Deal Directory (containing over 1,000 entries.) | Featured Conferences & Events | Artemis London 2026: September 1st Our annual catastrophe bond and ILS conference returns to London on September 1st 2026. Please save the date! | 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. The Reinsurance News website has over 200k readers every single month and it covers 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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