Artemis Newsletter - April 1st 2026

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Web version |  Update preferences |  Forward Artemis Newsletter - April 1st 2026 Artemis News Log - Reinsurance renewals soften again at April 1st. Japan cat rates fall by up to 20%: Howden Re - Aspen Capital Markets AUM rose 23% to $2.73bn in 2025. Fee income up 15% to $194.4m - Plenum urges European Commission not to adopt ESMA's UCITS cat bond recommendation - ILS funds average 0.47% return for February 2026, private strategies outperform: ILS Advisers - Kin aims to upsize Hestia Re 2026-1 cat bond to as much as $335m - Tower Hill targets $225m Winston Re 2026-1 cat bond, its first with a third event tranche - Pool Re's fourth cat bond signals "deep commitment to think beyond traditional" – CEO Clementi - Progressive expands aggregate reinsurance cover, renews shared hurricane limit for 2026 - LA wildfires a real-world stress test. Investor confidence in wildfire cat bonds rose: Swiss Re - El Niño to shape 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. US landfall threat remains: Accuweather - Zenkyoren targets mid-guidance pricing for $100m Nakama Re 2026-1 Japan quake cat bond - Olympus Insurance gets $120m of reinsurance from debut Abacab Re catastrophe bond - Ariel Re opts to use London Bridge 2 PCC for new Titania Re cat bond sponsorship - PERILS estimates €586m insured market loss from storm Nils - Aon adds US SCS to its Automated Event Response service - Private equity and capital providers to expand reinsurance presence via AI-linked securities: EY - Lagos State secures up to US$7.5m parametric flood insurance coverage - GAM: Swiss Re ILS partnership enhanced liquidity, improved dealing terms. New products planned - Casualty represents the next evolution of ILS exposure, says Cohen & Company - Hail shifts from secondary peril to major catastrophe loss driver: Cotality - PartnerRe cedes less risk to Lorenz Re cells, third-party reinsurance capital strategy adjusts - Zurich to sponsor first catastrophe bond since 2012 with $125m Turicum Re Ltd. - LIRG backs DLT Alert with $15m quota-share for parametric cyber warranties - Allied Trust secures $100m named storm reinsurance from second Sabine Re cat bond - ILS manager execution quality increasingly important in a normalising market: Twelve Securis - JBA launches enhanced global flood model featuring improved exposure disaggregation - Olympus Insurance lowers price guidance again for debut Abacab Re catastrophe bond - Delineation between UNL and parametric triggers fundamental to unlocking ILS growth: Augment Risk - Artex Axcell Re issues $48.26m of private cat bond notes across two transactions - Arrow Global targets specialty insurance returns for investors with AGI launch - American Coastal seeks $200m Florida multi-peril cover with Armor Re II 2026-1 cat bond For continuous coverage in real-time visit Artemis. 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