A round-up of our ILS focused news from this week
End of week Artemis update - March 20th 2026 | | | End of week Artemis update | Here's our latest Friday wrap-up of key news from the week. This week we reported that Pool Re is back in the catastrophe bond market with a new Baltic terrorism deal. Also joining the pipeline, Zenkyoren returned for another Nakama Re quake cat bond and first time sponsor One Alliance North America is offering its first One Shield Re cat bond deal. We also reported that a new State Farm entity using the Merna Re name has been established in Bermuda recently, suggesting new cat bonds may be on the way for the insurer. In addition, Heritage secured its $250m Citrus Re cat bond to extend its capital markets backed reinsurance. While Tokio Marine finalised its $100m Kizuna Re cat bond deal. Our latest data on first-quarter cat bond issuance shows February set a new record for the month and March also seems likely to reach a new high.  In other stories this week, we reported on Hannover Re's growing activities in reinsurance securitization, collateralized fronting and ILS facilitation. A proposal called for a US government backed natural catastrophe reinsurer to be formed, to hold cat risk at the lowest cost. Lloyd's aims to make it even more flexible for capital to enter the market and invest in re/insurance opportunities. Neuberger Berman said industry index catastrophe bonds have outperformed the broader cat bond market with respect to realised losses and mark-to-market performance. Accelerant Holdings achieved a further upsizing and extension of its Flywheel Re collateralized reinsurance sidecar in March 2026. Man Group challenged the accuracy of seasonal hurricane forecasts, saying cat bond portfolio construction is more important. Howden Re said rising catastrophe loads and a softening market could shift reinsurance strategies. Finally, if you haven't seen them, Artemis has a wealth of data and analytics on the catastrophe bond and broader ILS market. View our charts and Deal Directory. Catch up on our video interviews with ILS market leaders here. If you prefer to listen, subscribe to our podcast series for audio interviews & additional special episodes. We'll be back next week with more regular coverage. We hope you have a safe & relaxing weekend.  | Featured Conferences & Events | Artemis London 2026, September 1st Our annual catastrophe bond and ILS conference in London returns 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. 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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