Artemis Newsletter - September 2nd 2026

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Web version |  Update preferences |  Forward Artemis Newsletter - September 2nd 2026 Artemis News Log - Capital markets now a resident of the reinsurance industry: Laurent Rousseau, Marsh Re - Marc Brogli rejoins Euler ILS Partners investment team - Reinsurance sidecar market estimated at record $23bn in 2026: Aon Securities - SEADRIF makes over $1 million in payouts to Lao PDR and WFP under parametric policies - ILS continues to grow despite softer and more competitive reinsurance market: Moody’s Ratings - Alternative capital rose 9% in H1’26 to record $147bn: Gallagher Re - AM Best maintains stable outlook on ‘fundamentally strong’ global reinsurance segment - ILS fund performance continues to rise in 2026, average July return hit 1.05%: ILS Advisers - European convective storms in July estimated an almost EUR 2.2bn industry loss: PERILS - ILS capital is “foundational” in reinsurance, grows to $144.5bn with 5-year CAGR 8.3%: Aon - Underwriting discipline and risk transparency key as casualty ILS evolves: AM Best - Prediction market Kalshi partners with The Weather Company for weather hedge settlements - Why a blended reinsurance portfolio offers a compelling alternative to traditional ILS: Resolute Global Partners - Verisk promotes White to Head of Property Claims Services Group (PCS) - Reask study shows how pre-landfall parametric triggers fund pre-storm protective actions - Fermat UCITS and offshore catastrophe bond funds each surpass $3bn of assets - Brookmont cat bond ETF listing moving to Texas, as it targets lead market maker for fund - AmCoastal secures $25.5m Armor Re II 2026-2 cat bond cover, likely a retention buy-down - Traditional reinsurance capital build-up more impactful to softening than ILS: AM Best - Artex Axcell Re issues $20m Grantham private catastrophe bond notes - Marsh to bring alternative capital into data centre risks with $10bn Stratus exchange - CME to launch Wind Power futures and options using Vaisala Xweather indices - Swiss pension Nest says ILS investments achieved “convincing results again” in 2025 - EIB and WFP launch parametric insurance scheme to protect Ethiopian smallholder farmers - Third-party capital around one-third of global life annuity reinsurance capacity: AM Best & GC - Lockton hires Descartes’ Meaney as U.S. Parametric Leader 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 ILS NYC 2027 -   February 5th in New York City Our annual ILS conference in New York is the biggest catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities event of the year. We expect more than 450 attendees in February 2027. Please save the date! Tickets will be on sale very soon. Save the date - February 5th 2027 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. Stay in touch with Artemis Please get in touch if you would like to submit news, events or information for publication. We welcome submission of useful market data which we can publish to help expand your reach. Advertising and sponsorship opportunities are available. With a large audience of 60,000+ readers every month Artemis is the perfect place to showcase your specialty to ILS industry professionals. Contact us for more details. You can unsubscribe from these newsletters at any time using the link at the foot of this email. We hope you won't and promise to only send market update and news, or relevant updates related to our services. Best wishes and enjoy Artemis. Steve Evans. Owner, Editor - Artemis E-Mail: steve@artemis.bm Tel: +44(0)7711-244697 If you enjoy this newsletter and find it useful please pass it on and share it with your colleagues. If you've been forwarded this but want to subscribe, visit artemis.bm.     Our Sponsors             ADVERTISE YOUR BRAND OR SERVICES HERE DEAL DIRECTORY View details of almost 1,000 catastrophe bonds and related ILS deals CHARTS & VISUALISATIONS View our range of catastrophe bond market charts and visualisations CAT BOND MARKET REPORTS Download our quarterly cat bond market reports VIDEOS & PODCASTS Watch video interviews, panel discussions and listen to our podcast EVENTS CALENDAR View details of and register for our next ILS market conferences

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