Artemis Newsletter - April 22nd 2026

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Web version |  Update preferences |  Forward Artemis Newsletter - April 22nd 2026 Artemis News Log - Florida Citizens targets $450m Everglades Re II 2026-1 catastrophe bond sponsorship - Tower Hill secures 67% upsized $375m Winston Re 2026-1 cat bond at lower pricing - Fuse unveils Watch, a live peril dashboard for commercial insurance - At least $115bn to $125bn of cat losses needed to shift property pricing trajectory: Gallagher Re - American Coastal keeps $200m target for Armor Re II 2026-1 cat bond, but adjusts price guidance - IoT sensors and satellite imagery to play key role in future of parametric flood insurance: Swiss Re - Eaton Vance mutual funds benefit from strong reinsurance sidecar and ILS returns - Global insured cat losses hit $20bn in Q1 2026: Gallagher Re - Bermuda’s SPI and collateralized insurer uptake maintains momentum in Q1: BMA - Insurance-linked securities sector can be a big beneficiary of the AI revolution: SIFMA - Lloyd’s market remains a compelling opportunity for investors: LMA / ICMR - ‘Very likely’ cat bonds will be used to source risk capital for data centre build out: John Seo - UK’s PRA to continue reforming ILS and cat bond frameworks to enhance competitiveness - Twelve Securis and Bank J. Safra Sarasin extend distribution partnership to Italy and Spain - Aon estimates Q1’26 global insured catastrophe losses of $20bn at least - Turicum Re 2026-1 cat bond enables Zurich to re-establish its presence in growing ILS market: Mantero - Investors show huge interest in data centre risk. Diversification story of ILS a consideration: SIFMA - Novelty premium in cyber cat bonds has reduced, but not completely ‘gone away’: AM Best - Casualty sidecar / ILS market to expand. Alignment, maturity driving investor interest: SIFMA - Insurers mull leveraging third-party capital to write more data centre business: GC’s Klisura - Nationwide Mutual returns with $200m target for Aquila Re I 2026-1 catastrophe bond - Ariel Re secures $125m of retro from first Titania Re cat bond to use London Bridge 2 PCC - Cat bond market fundamentals are tremendous. Growth absolutely expected & sustainable: John Seo - Galapagos Capital SSPE issues R$13.5m LRS, its second under the Brazilian ILS regime - Enstar and Artex partner on exit solutions for ILS structures, aim to solve trapped capital issue - Moody’s seeks feedback on pooled structures of insurance-linked securities (ILS) - Grace Kavanagh appointed Director within Howden Re’s Capital Solutions team - Launch of VictoryRe and NovaRe aligns with New Mountain’s strategy to build integrated, scaled businesses: CEO Klinsky - Greater efficiency and more talent key as cat bond market continues to expand: Davis, Elementum Advisors - Spinnaker aims to renew and extend its cat bond coverage, with $100m Mountain Re 2026-1 - Abacab Re cat bond further diversifies Olympus Insurance’s sources of capital: CEO Stroble - Cat bond issuance on pace to hit $10bn faster in 2026. But large deals matter for records - Texas Windstorm (TWIA) sponsoring $450m Alamo Re 2026-1 catastrophe bond - Hamilton launches casualty reinsurance sidecar with Sixth Street capital and asset strategy 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! Artemis London 2026 - Sept 1st - Save the date Reinsurance News 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. 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