Here's our latest Friday wrap-up of key news from the week.
The catastrophe bond market pipeline ramped up this week.
The California FAIR Plan returned with a $200m target its second Golden Bear Re wildfire cat bond.
Slide Insurance Company is targeting $250m of collateralized named storm reinsurance through a new Purple Re deal.
American Integrity came back with a $175m target for a new Integrity Re III named storm cat bond.
While SageSure launched its second Gateway Re cat bond of 2026.
In addition, Swiss Re secured an upsized $150m of agg retro from its new Matterhorn cat bond.
SageSure priced its first Gateway deal of 2026 to become its largest yet at $670m.
Plus, GeoVera Nova insurers secured the targeted $350m of US earthquake reinsurance protection from a new Veraison Re.
Catastrophe bond market insurance risk spreads did not rise as much as anticipated in January, as demand supressed widening.
In other stories this week, Twelve Securis announced the launch of its new Mosaic ILS Fund, jointly developed with Union Bancaire Privée (UBP).
RenaissanceRe established a new catastrophe bond managed account named the Stratos Fund, in the second-half of 2025.
Chris McAvoy of JANA Investment Advisers said cat bonds are seen as a sustainable opportunity for investors, while private ILS is gaining momentum.
Squarepoint, a leading privately held quantitative investment manager, hired Guillaume Legal as ILS Portfolio Manager.
Winter storm Fern loss estimates were pegged at $6.7bn by KCC, and Verisk said they could reach $4bn.
Zurich and Beazley reached an agreement in principle on the price for a potential acquisition.
Hannover Re's Bermuda-based ILS platform, Hannover Re Capital Partners, started writing business at the January renewals.
Everest's President and CEO, Jim Williamson, revealed that Mt. Logan has surpassed $2.5bn in assets under management.
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