Artemis Newsletter - July 8th 2026

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Web version |  Update preferences |  Forward Artemis Newsletter - July 8th 2026 Artemis News Log Register before the Early Bird rate runs out - Swisscanto launches debut UCITS catastrophe bond fund strategy with $25m AUM - Leadenhall Capital Partners’ ILS funds back acquisition of austrion Life - Third wave of speakers for our Artemis London 2026 conference - Long-term El Niño (ENSO) correlation holds little predictive power for annual property losses: KCC - Aon appoints Reville as MD, Casualty Catastrophe Market Leader for Risk Capital - Catastrophe bond market records that were broken in H1 2026 - Parametric specialist Adaptive eyes specialty product growth following $5m funding - Australia’s APRA makes access to alternative reinsurance (cat bonds and ILS) simpler - Swiss Re secures $345m Matterhorn Re 2026-3 retro cat bond at low-end pricing - Singapore’s MAS launches consultation for PCC and collateralised reinsurance structure - California utility LADWP gets $100m 123 Lights Re wildfire cat bond pricing at low-end - Next stage of ILS growth requires international and peril diversification: Howden Re - Cat bond market coupon yield rises slightly to 9.46%, but softening continues: Plenum - AXA XL’s new catastrophe bond is the first ever to cover US terrorism risk - Cat bond fund UCITS average 0.62% return in June. 12-month rolling-return 10.22% - Casualty sidecars claim 10% of market capacity as long-tail assets boost investor yields: S&P - Yardstick Re flood cat bond underpins BarmeniaGothaer’s resilience to extreme events: CFO - Munich Re appoints Benhalima as Manager Structuring within Global ILS Solutions team - ILS funds report positive gains for May, with average return of 0.43%: ILS Advisers - Leadenhall secures upsized $75m Tranquil Re cat bond for Nectaris Re at low-end pricing - Suncorp gets improved reinsurance renewal pricing, lifts top of tower to $6.4bn - Casualty sidecar valuation requires assessing macro sensitivities alongside models: Kroll - To rate landmark Yardstick Re flood cat bond, Moody’s looked beyond headline modelled outcome - The Fidelis Partnership’s debut Woody Re cat bond an “important step” as syndicate grows: Woods - Economic losses from Venezuela quakes to exceed $10bn, insured impact still unknown: Verisk - Cat bond maturities and coupons fuel capital, issuance to exceed $20bn again: Aon Securities - Fermat sets up US cat bond fund structure to support taxable investor access to asset class - Cat bond market shows high bars are set to be broken, as records fall again in H1 2026: Report - Despite reduced expected returns, ILS investor appetite has not retreated: Wakefield, Gallagher Re - Alternative / ILS capital rises to $141bn, drives reinsurance market growth in early 2026: Aon - Kingstone grows catastrophe reinsurance limit again, adds wildfire cover, lowers cost 15%+ - Cambridge underscores its ILS advisory capability, sees asset class as valuable diversifier - Non-life insurance-linked securities capital hit record $142bn after Q1: Gallagher Securities - Appetite for reinsurance brings moment for creativity. NA cat rates 20-25%+ down: Gallagher Re - Property cat rates fall 15-20% in LatAm at renewals, parametrics gain traction: Howden Re For continuous coverage in real-time visit Artemis. For details of the latest catastrophe bonds visit our Deal Directory (containing over 1,250 entries.) Featured Conferences & Events Artemis London 2026:   September 1st Our annual catastrophe bond and ILS conference returns to London on September 1st 2026. Tickets are now available, register here! Artemis London 2026 - Register to attend 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. Sign up here to receive your daily Reinsurance News. 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