Our news and analysis from the last week
Artemis Newsletter - April 29th 2026
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- Notable rise in ILS investor appetite and sophistication evident in 2026: Gallagher Re
- Casualty ILS transparency must match nat-cat standards: Allphins
- Expanding the ILS perimeter – New risks, markets, capital: ILS NYC 2026 video
- London market expands alternative capital use, but could exacerbate softening: AM Best
- PCRIC issues parametric payouts to Fiji and Solomon Islands following recent cyclones
- It’s time to bring the catastrophe bond onshore: John Seo
- Cayman considers catastrophe bond, more parametric insurance to expand hurricane protection
- WFP progresses food security catastrophe bond plan, to mobilise $100m for drought resilience
- Louisiana Citizens targets slightly lower pricing for $150m Bayou Re 2026-1 cat bond
- Universal finalises reinsurance renewal, locks in $352m of additional multi-year cover: CEO
- ADB prices first cat bonds, secures $160m disaster risk finance for Kyrgyz Republic & Tajikistan
- Suncorp purchases five-year aggregate reinsurance cover
- Mangrove sponsoring debut Buttonwood Re cat bond, targeting $100m 2026-1 issuance
- Swiss Re targets $250m US named storm retro with Matterhorn Re 2026-2 cat bond
- CatIQ sees higher sums insured in 2026 Canadian industry exposure database
- Schroders Capital & Hannover Re integrate tokenisation capability into ILS platform
- American Coastal secures targeted $200m Florida multi-peril cover with Armor Re II 2026-1 cat bond
- Why hurricane peak uncertainty offers a strategic window for cat bond entry: Powell, Brookmont
- Global property insurance rates fall 9% in Q1 2026, as appetites broaden: Marsh Risk
- Regional hurricane landfall patterns, not basin-wide totals, key for 2026 ILS portfolios: Hohermuth, Schroders Capital
- Euler ILS Partners sees $1bn fund opportunity for data centre sidecar risk: Bloomberg
- Hong Kong ‘ideally placed’ to promote use of alternative risk transfer and ILS: IA’s Stephen Yiu
- Evolving flood and drought patterns are reshaping global re/insurance risk: Aon
- Supply-demand softening property at a pace “I’ll only describe as dumb” – Chubb CEO Greenberg
- PERILS launches 2026 IED, showing $150tn in global nat cat exposures
- Shared platform and unified data layer the foundation for reinsurance/ILS alignment: Korra’s Rasool
- Acrisure Re integrates Capital and Captives division to form Alternative Risk Solutions platform
- Twelve Securis “cautious, but optimistic” about El Niño’s influence on hurricane season risk
- Australia’s 2025 extreme weather insured losses climb to AUD $4.8bn: ICA
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