Artemis Newsletter - May 13th 2026

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Web version |  Update preferences |  Forward Artemis Newsletter - May 13th 2026 Artemis News Log Artemis London 2026 tickets are on sale! - American Coastal lifting top of reinsurance tower to $1.6bn, adds more aggregate cover: CEO - Alt capital sustainability hinges on modeling, transparency, careful product sequencing: GC’s Rousseau - 27 years of Artemis, nearly $220bn of cat bonds and ILS tracked in our Deal Directory - W. R. Berkley cedes more premium again to Lifson Re sidecar, earns more fees in Q1 2026 - Nationwide Mutual now targets up to $325m of reinsurance from Aquila Re I 2026-1 cat bond - Spinnaker secures $100m Mountain Re 2026-1 cat bond at below guidance pricing - AXIS Capital’s fee income from strategic capital partner arrangements rises in Q1 2026 - Collateralized reinsurer OnRe hires Ben Fortune as CUO - Munich Re pulls back at renewals, sees competition as “still mainly on price” - As legacy market gets closer to live, ILS exit opportunity expected to persist: IRLA Congress - Willis unveils sensor-based parametric flood insurance solution for UK racecourses - UCITS cat bond funds return 1.91% YTD to May 1st, 10.37% rolling 12-month performance - Recoletos Re 2026-1 cat bond underscores Mapfre Re’s disciplined risk management: CEO Rosa - There’s definitely a major role for ILS in the legacy space, says Enstar’s Dan Sanford - TWIA lifts Alamo Re 2026-1 cat bond target size to between $600m and $750m - Florida Citizens now targets up to $600m of reinsurance from Everglades Re II 2026-1 cat bond - Hannover Re grows, shares few losses with ILS, says price pressures have upper hand in P&C - Swiss Re secures $250m Matterhorn Re 2026-2 retro cat bond at low-end pricing - UCITS cat bond fund assets rise 6.5% YTD in 2026, near $20.5bn after April - Cabrillo’s US Coastal insurers to expand cat bond cover with $100m second Chartwell Re - SEADRIF & WFP launch US$1.1m parametric policy to boost disaster resilience in Lao PDR - Howden Re appoints Tim Radford as Managing Director, Head of Lloyd’s Capital - Korean Re seeks second Solomon Re cat bond, adds parametric Israel quake as covered peril - People’s Trust finalises debut $100m GWS Re cat bond at mid-guidance pricing - Bermuda roundtable: ILS market surges on record cat bonds and expanding risk appetite - Calidris hires James Larner as Director of Investor Partnerships amid platform expansion - PGGM / PFZW ILS investments returned 12.4% in USD, ended 2025 at $8.904bn AUM - NormanMax names Burkinshaw as Chairman of Lloyd’s Syndicate 3939 Advisory Board - $2.4bn ILS AUM a ‘testament’ to Hiscox franchise as new sidecar boosts capacity: CFO Cooper - Nephila Capital syndicates back MS Amlin property consortium. Data centre risk a target - Hiscox Capital Partners ILS assets soar to $2.4bn, on $1bn of inflows largely to cat bond fund - Swiss Re beats on net income, prioritises underwriting discipline and reduces nat cat volumes - Hestia Re 2026-1 cat bond reinforces Kin’s commitment to protecting policyholders, Conlin - White Mountains gets positive income from Ark’s Outrigger Re sidecar in Q1 2026 - Insurtech AkinovA hires Gilpin as Group Chief Operating Officer - Fuse expands real-time peril intelligence platform Watch to global markets - Allstate returns with $200m target for Florida-focused Sanders Re III 2026-2 cat bond - Euler ILS Partners promotes Kündig to Partner and Investment Director - SCOR continues to grow in property cat reinsurance, sees market as competitive For continuous coverage in real-time visit Artemis. For details of the latest catastrophe bonds visit our Deal Directory (containing over 1,250 entries.) 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