Catch up on our top stories of the last week
Best of Artemis, week ending September 13th 2026
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- Howden Re launches Novark, to modernise ILS infrastructure, insurance management, securities admin
Howden Re launched Novark Group, a new venture that promises to modernise core pieces of insurance-linked securities market (ILS) infrastructure, through a digital-first insurance management and securities administration platform, as well as a risk transformer named Novark Re.
- There’s a massive amount of capital looking to enter our industry: Superczynski, Aon
The insurance and reinsurance industry has an opportunity to harness the appetite of global investors to support growth and help find the capacity to make more risks insurable, because “there is a massive amount of capital that’s looking to enter our industry,” according to Kelly Superczynski, Head of Global Capital Advisory at Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions.
- Cedar Trace ILS bolsters its leadership. Fergus Reynolds to become CEO, adds new hire
Cedar Trace ILS has announced a range of leadership promotions and a strategic hire, which includes Fergus Reynolds being promoted to CEO.
- Willis Re hires Neil Eckert as CEO
Willis Re, the reinsurance advisory and brokerage firm, has appointed reinsurance and capital markets veteran Neil Eckert as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
- Munich Re execs caution on casualty sidecar commutation challenge, risky asset strategies
Senior executives of global reinsurance firm Munich Re explained that they see the trend for some longer-tailed casualty focused sidecars to offer high returns from the asset side as “not a good idea” while the potential for commutation discussions to prove a challenge at the end of a sidecar term was also discussed.
- Catastrophe bond market shifts further towards indemnity triggers and per-occurrence coverage
Over the last year and through the record-levels of issuance in 2026 so far, the catastrophe bond market’s outstanding exposure has shifted further towards indemnity triggers and per-occurrence coverage, as preference for these types of deals continues to rise, both on the sponsor and investor side.
- Peak Re plans to reignite third-party capital business, partner with investors: CUO Hough
Peak Re has plans to “reignite” its third-party capital management business in 2027, seeing itself as having a differentiated offering for investors and wanting to become more sophisticated in the space, Chief Underwriting Officer Philip Hough said.
- Investors should not view cat bonds and private reinsurance as competing asset classes: Bruns, LGT
As both catastrophe bonds and private reinsurance continue to gain momentum, institutional investors should not be viewing the two as competing asset classes, as their respective strengths are complementary to each other, which ultimately allows investors to build more diversified catastrophe risk portfolios, LGT ILS Partners’ Christian Bruns told us.
- Investor interest in cat bonds and ILS outpaces market issuance growth: Guatteri, Swiss Re ILS
Swiss Re is seeing broader and more engaged interest in catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities from institutional investors, with this increasing even faster than the substantial issuance growth seen in recent years, according to Mariagiovanna Guatteri, CIO, Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Strategies Inc.
- Discipline matters more than growth, right-sizing ILS capital is key: Parry, RenaissanceRe
In this insurance-linked securities market environment where engagement from investors remains strong, Chris Parry, the Global Head of RenaissanceRe Capital Partners told us that a disciplined approach matters more than growth and right-sizing capital is key at this stage of the reinsurance cycle.
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