The Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC) has made two separate cyclone payouts, one being an ex-gratia payment of FJD 1.2 million (US $545,000) to the Government of Fiji following tropical cyclone Vaianu, and a $500,000 payout to the Government of the Solomon, after its parametric insurance policy was triggered by cyclone Maila.
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In order for the catastrophe bond market to meet its full potential John Seo of Fermat Capital Management LLC believes onshore United States options for issuers would be beneficial, saying it’s time this was seriously considered.
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As the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season approaches, the government of Cayman is considering expanding its hurricane protection by turning to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market to potentially issue its own catastrophe bond, while simultaneously expanding its parametric insurance coverage too, Cayman Compass reports.
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is progressing a plan to become the first to utilise catastrophe bonds for food security financing, in a novel transaction that would see it become the first UN agency to sponsor a cat bond, with a target to source up to $100 million in risk transfer to boost […]
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Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation continues to target $150 million of named storm reinsurance from its twelfth catastrophe bond sponsorship, while the price guidance for the Bayou Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) notes that are being offered has been lowered slightly, Artemis has learned.
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Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending April 26th 2026, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics. To ensure you never miss a thing subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates or get our email alerts for every article we publish.
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Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. has now fully-placed its catastrophe reinsurance for the coming year and has secured a further $352 million of multi-year cover to extend its catastrophe protection, with the firm’s CEO Stephen Donaghy saying he was pleased with the market support.
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The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) first catastrophe bond offerings have now been successfully priced in the market, with the result being a $160 million capital market-backed source of parametric earthquake and extreme precipitation disaster risk financing, evenly split between the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan.
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Australian insurance giant Suncorp has entered into a five-year aggregate reinsurance arrangement commencing on June 30th, 2026, which will provide the firm with AUD $800 million of protection annually, and up to $2.4 billion in total protection across the 5-year period.
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Mangrove Property Insurance, a company that launched to offer homeowners’ insurance in Florida in early 2025, is now seeking to sponsor its debut catastrophe bond, seeking $100 million of named storm reinsurance from its first Buttonwood Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, Artemis has learned.
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Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re is back in the catastrophe bond market to sponsor its second issuance of the year, with an initial target to secure $250 million of US named storm per-occurrence based retrocessional protection through a Matterhorn Re Ltd. (Series 2026-2) transaction, Artemis can report.
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CatIQ, Canada’s insured loss and exposure index provider, and subsidiary of Zurich-based PERILS AG, has released its update of the Canadian insurance IED (industry exposure database) for 2026, which shows that property assets insured against natural perils in Canada have reached a total value of CAD $23 trillion, as at year-end 2025.
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Schroders Capital’s Private Debt & Credit Alternatives (PDCA) team, together with global reinsurer Hannover Re, have unveiled the integration of an innovative tokenised capability into its insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment platform, which includes the execution of the first real-world collateralized reinsurance transaction through this platform.
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American Coastal Insurance Company (AmCoastal Insurance) has now successfully priced its latest catastrophe bond, securing the targeted $200 million multi-peril reinsurance from the capital markets from its Armor Re II Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, this publication has learned.
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