Best of Artemis, week ending May 10th 2026

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending May 10th 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 May 10th 2026:

1. Bermuda roundtable: ILS market surges on record cat bonds and expanding risk appetite
   The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market is in a strong position with record levels of catastrophe bond issuance and growing interest in private ILS and casualty risks, while transparency and price efficiency remain key to attracting investors old and new, according to industry experts.
2. Berkshire Hathaway being cautious as competition and capital soften reinsurance: CEO Abel
   Berkshire Hathaway reduced its underwriting of property reinsurance in the first-quarter of the year and its CEO Greg Abel said during the firm’s annual meeting on Saturday that competition and capital is flowing into the industry, leading the company to be more cautious as it looks to sustain adequate underwriting returns on risks assumed.
3. Hiscox Capital Partners ILS assets soar to $2.4bn, on $1bn of inflows largely to cat bond fund
   Hiscox Capital Partners experienced significant investor inflows and grew its overall ILS assets under management (AUM) to $2.4 billion at April 1st, with its catastrophe bond fund the main beneficiary.
4. Nephila Capital syndicates back MS Amlin property consortium. Data centre risk a target
   Two of the Lloyd’s syndicates operated by specialist ILS investment manager Nephila Capital are set to provide capacity support to a new property treaty consortium launched by MS Amlin, with data centre risk underwriting said to be a key focus for the new venture.
5. ADB’s inaugural catastrophe bonds to “pave way for future issuances” – VP Roberta Casali
   Roberta Casali, Vice-President for Finance and Risk Management at the Asian Development Bank has explained how its first cat bonds will provide committed financing for disasters and said she hopes they will “pave the way for future issuances.”
6. Calidris hires James Larner as Director of Investor Partnerships amid platform expansion
   Calidris Investment Partners, the insurance-focused investment manager backed by RedBird Capital Partners, has made three key hires as the firm continues to expand its platform, including James Larner, who joins the firm as Director of Investor Partnerships.
7. Portugal to consider catastrophe bonds as it looks to elevate its disaster resilience
   The government of Portugal is considering catastrophe bonds as a potential mechanism that could be utilised to provide risk capital for disaster resilience and to better manage catastrophe risk exposure in the country.
8. PGGM / PFZW ILS investments returned 12.4% in USD, ended 2025 at $8.904bn AUM
   The insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance investments portfolio managed by specialist pension investor PGGM on behalf of Dutch pension PFZW delivered a 12.4% return in USD for full-year 2025, while the portfolio assets ended the year at a valuation of just over US $8.9 billion.
9. Non-life alternative reinsurance capital growth of $21bn “historic” in 2025: Gallagher Re
   The amount of non-life alternative reinsurance capital from catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS) grew by a “historic” amount in 2025, with the latest data from Gallagher Re indicating significant inflows and non-life ILS capital rose $21 billion to $135 billion in the year.
10. SCOR returns with $75m initial target for Atlas Capital 2026-1 multi-peril cat bond
    SCOR is back in the catastrophe bond market initially targeting $75 million of multi-peril fully-collateralized retrocession through sponsorship of an Atlas Capital DAC (Series 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 36 new articles published in the last week.

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