Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending June 21st 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.
Ten most read articles on Artemis.bm, week ending June 21st 2026:
- Stone Point raises $610.5m in first close of new Insurance Solutions Fund
Stone Point Capital LLC has successfully raised $610.5 million in a first close for a new strategy, named the Stone Point Insurance Solutions Fund. - Everest launches Annapurna Re casualty sidecar with $600m target, anchored by Stone Point
Everest Group has announced the launch of Annapurna Re Ltd., the specialty re/insurers first casualty reinsurance sidecar, revealing an expectation of deploying $600 million of third-party capital through the structure, while Stone Point Insurance Solutions is the anchor investor backing the venture. - Swiss Re launches Alternative Capital Solutions team led by Wiget, for ILS and retro hedging
Swiss Re is launching a new Alternative Capital Solutions unit to encompass its activities in insurance-linked securities and retrocessional hedging and execution, with long-standing senior employee Mirjam Wiget set to lead the team. - Mt. Logan President and COO Youssef Sfaif to depart company later this year
Youssef Sfaif, the President and Chief Operating Officer of Everest Group’s third-party reinsurance capital manager Mt. Logan Capital Management, Ltd. is set to depart from the company later this year. - World Bank cat bond on the table in new $400m Morocco Climate & Risk Finance Program
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. - El Niño drives redistribution of risk across re/insurance and ILS markets: Twelve Securis
With the development of a strong El Niño expected to be one of the key drivers of global catastrophe risk during the second half of 2026 and into early 2027, Twelve Securis believes that it will also drive a redistribution of risk across the re/insurance and ILS markets. - Augment Risk strengthens ILS team with Brad Livingston hire, targets private ILS expansion
Augment Risk 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. - Fidelis Partnership Syndicate 3123 targeted for $75m Woody Re 2026-1 cat bond via Arthur Re
A new catastrophe bond has a $75 million target for industry-loss triggered multi-peril reinsurance to benefit the Fidelis Partnership linked Syndicate 3123 at Lloyd’s, through this Woody Re 2026-1 issuance. - Guy Carpenter hires Tregidga from Compre, for legacy and sidecar structured solutions focus
Guy Carpenter has announced the hire of Connie Tregidga as a Managing Director in its Global Structured Solutions team, with legacy deals and reinsurance sidecars a focus for her new role. - Leadenhall backed Nectaris Re targets $60m Tranquil Re 2026-1 catastrophe bond
Nectaris Re Ltd., the rated reinsurance platform backed by ILS manager Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP, is targeted to receive its first catastrophe bond protection, through a currently $60 million Tranquil Re 2026-1 issuance.
This is not every article published on Artemis during the last week, just the most popular among our readers over the last seven days. There were 34 new articles published in the last week.
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