A new private catastrophe bond has come to market via an Aon operated White Rock Insurance entity that we believe to be domiciled in Guernsey, with a $14.85 million tranche of Raptor Re 2026-1 notes privately placed with qualified investors.
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Stone Point Capital LLC, the private equity and credit investment firm with an insurance and reinsurance specialism, has successfully raised $610.5 million in a first close for a new strategy, named the Stone Point Insurance Solutions Fund.
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Augment Risk, the risk capital and reinsurance solutions broking firm, has hired well-known insurance-linked securities market executive Brad Livingston, who joins the firm to strengthen its ILS team and in particular is expected to help grow the private ILS offering in property risk, given his collateralized reinsurance expertise.
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Liberty and ICEYE, a provider of satellite data and services to inform decision-making and analysis, have partnered together to launch a new parametric wildfire insurance solution that uses satellite data to assess building-level damage.
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The Board of the World Bank has approved a new $400 million program that aims to boost Morocco’s resilience against climate, disaster, and cyber risks, with catastrophe bonds and other forms of insurance risk transfer including parametric triggers mooted as part of the program outcomes.
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A second catastrophe bond is coming to market via Gallagher Re’s new Arthur Re Ltd. platform, with a $75 million target for industry-loss triggered multi-peril reinsurance to benefit the Fidelis Partnership linked Syndicate 3123 at Lloyd’s, through this Arthur Re Ltd. – Woody Re 2026-1 issuance, Artemis can report.
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Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending June 14th 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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A strong insurance-linked securities (ILS) manager is distinguished over a full market cycle by their ability to maintain discipline, limit drawdowns during severe events and ability to avoid reaching for yield late in the cycle, according to Francois Divet, Head of ILS Team at BNP Paribas Asset Management.
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NJM Insurance has now successfully secured the upsized $250 million of northeast US named storm reinsurance from the capital markets with its new Lower Ferry Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance, with all three tranches of notes pricing below initial guidance, Artemis can report.
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Euler ILS Partners, the specialist Swiss insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has appointed former senior Swiss Re executive and ILS specialist Martin Bisping to become the new Chairman of its Board of Directors.
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Willis Re, the reinsurance advisory and broking joint venture between WTW and Bain Capital, has announced that it has appointed Jonathan Ogilvie as Global Head of Non-Marine Specialties, and Chris Dart as Head of Treaty Reinsurance, Bermuda, effective immediately.
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Mercury General Corporation (Mercury Insurance), the California headquartered insurer, is now aiming to upsize its second 144A catastrophe bond sponsorship, with the target for fire reinsurance limit from the Luca Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) issuance now having risen to between $125 million and $175 million, Artemis can report.
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New Zealand’s Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake (NHC), formerly known as New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission (EQC), took advantage of attractive reinsurance buying conditions at its 2026 renewal to lift the top of its reinsurance tower by 20% to $12.3 billion.
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After working with Gálapagos Capital SSPE on a recent R$126 million offering of Insurance Risk Letters (LRS), Avla Brazil CEO Felippe Astrachan has said that LRS opens a door that allows the company to explore different types of risks that are not traditionally covered by the insurance and reinsurance market, while also remaining optimistic about […]
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