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Sep 15, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
Adaptation & Sustainability

Use climate forecasts in infrastructure decisions, commission asks - Cebu Daily News

Use climate forecasts in infrastructure decisions, commission asks Cebu Daily News

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Sep 15, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
Adaptation & Sustainability

The case for investment-led growth - Deloitte

The case for investment-led growth Deloitte

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Sep 15, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
Adaptation & Sustainability

EBRD Approves €25 Million to BCP to Finance Green Investments in Morocco - Morocco World News

EBRD Approves €25 Million to BCP to Finance Green Investments in Morocco Morocco World News

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Sep 15, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
Adaptation & Sustainability

Melinda French Gates puts $1 billion behind women's power; her investments back overlooked women tackling - The Times of India

Melinda French Gates puts $1 billion behind women's power; her investments back overlooked women tackling The Times of India

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Sep 15, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

Casualty sidecar capital surpasses $2bn, as specialised investor base drives expansion: AM Best

Disclosed capital from casualty sidecars since 2024 has surpassed US $2 billion, driven by a specialised investor base taking on long-tail risks, with casualty vehicles accounting for much of the sidecar market’s recent growth, a recent report from rating agency AM Best has highlighted. In the repor

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Sep 15, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

Bamboo has attracted $400m of third-party funds to its Greenshoots Re reinsurance sidecar

Data-driven insurance distribution platform Bamboo Insurance Services has so far attracted $400 million of third-party funds to support its Greenshoots Re Ltd. collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle, recent IPO filings show. Greenshoots Re has been called the first MGA-sponsored sidecar structur

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Sep 15, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

CCRIF lifts parametric risk pool coverage another 14.5% to $1.8bn for current policy year

CCRIF SPC, the regional parametric risk pool for the Caribbean and Central America has announced that it has expanded its coverage to US $1.8 billion for the current policy year, a 14.5% increase from the $1.57 billion the organisation reported in early June, showcasing that demand for parametric co

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Sep 15, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

KCC updates RiskInsight cat modeling platform to drive automation and data efficiency

Karen Clark & Company (KCC), the catastrophe risk modelling specialist, has launched RiskInsight® 4.16, the latest version of its RiskInsight open loss modeling platform, which introduces advanced performance, automation, and scalability enhancements for insurers, reinsurers, and insurance-linked se

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Sep 15, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
Climate Modelling

Km-scale regional coupled system in the Northwest European shelf for weather and climate applications: RCS-UKC4

Km-scale regional coupled system in the Northwest European shelf for weather and climate applications: RCS-UKC4 Ségolène Berthou, Juan Manuel Castillo, Vivian Fraser-Leonhardt, Sana Mahmood, Nefeli Makrygianni, Alex Arnold, Claudio Sanchez, Huw W. Lewis, Dale Partridge, Martin Best, Lucy Bricheno, H

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Sep 15, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
Climate Modelling

Storm Gloria (2020): coexisting types of compound flooding in the West Mediterranean Region

Storm Gloria (2020): coexisting types of compound flooding in the West Mediterranean Region Montserrat Llasat-Botija, Raül Marcos-Matamoros, Maria Aguilera-Vidal, José Antonio Jimenez, and María Carmen Llasat Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 4429–4455, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-4429-2026, 2

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Sep 14, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
Adaptation & Sustainability

From transition to resilience: why climate adaptation is rising up the agenda - WebWire

From transition to resilience: why climate adaptation is rising up the agenda WebWire

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Sep 14, 2026 · Carbon Brief
Adaptation & Sustainability

Revealed: England’s June 2026 heatwave sparked record demand for ambulances

All the ambulance services in England experienced some of their busiest-ever days during this summer’s record-breaking June heatwave, according to… The post Revealed: England’s June 2026 heatwave sparked record demand for ambulances appeared first on Carbon Brief.

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Sep 14, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

CalPERS ramps up cat bond and ILS investments to near $2.5bn valuation at mid-year 2026

CalPERS, the largest public pension fund in the United States, has continued to expand its investments in catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities fund strategies with the combined valuation of its allocations to the asset class nearing $2.5 billion at the mid-point of 2026, an increase of a

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Sep 14, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

Gallagher Securities working on cat bond that will introduce new peril to the market: CEO Bolding

With the catastrophe bond market consistently tapping into new and emerging perils, Jason Bolding, Global CEO of Gallagher Securities revealed to us in an interview at the Monte Carlo Rendez-vous event, that Gallagher Securities is currently working on a transaction for a peril that’s never been don

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Sep 14, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
Climate Modelling

Short-term drought forecasting in Iran using multi-source machine learning: an assessment of autoregressive, teleconnection-driven, and hybrid paradigms

Short-term drought forecasting in Iran using multi-source machine learning: an assessment of autoregressive, teleconnection-driven, and hybrid paradigms Jun Jian, Peyman Mahmoudi, Pouria Jafari, Alireza Ghaemi, Jing Yang, and Fatemeh Firoozi Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 4407–4427, https://doi.

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Sep 12, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
Adaptation & Sustainability

PH joins global coalition for disaster-resilient infrastructure - pna.gov.ph

PH joins global coalition for disaster-resilient infrastructure pna.gov.ph

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Sep 11, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
Adaptation & Sustainability

BRICS, G20 and Global South must prioritise resilient infrastructure, says CDRI chief - WION

BRICS, G20 and Global South must prioritise resilient infrastructure, says CDRI chief WION

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Sep 11, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
Adaptation & Sustainability

Is food investing enough in climate adaptation? - FoodNavigator.com

Is food investing enough in climate adaptation? FoodNavigator.com

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Sep 11, 2026 · Carbon Brief
Adaptation & Sustainability

Revealed: More than 1,000 NHS operations cancelled due to record UK heatwaves

More than 1,000 operations at NHS hospitals were cancelled due to heat during the UK’s record May and June heatwaves,… The post Revealed: More than 1,000 NHS operations cancelled due to record UK heatwaves appeared first on Carbon Brief.

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Sep 11, 2026 · Carbon Brief
Adaptation & Sustainability

El Niño: Indonesia fire emissions in 2026 ‘on track’ to match record for this century

Wildfires currently burning large swathes of land in Indonesia are on track to produce emissions on a par with the… The post El Niño: Indonesia fire emissions in 2026 ‘on track’ to match record for this century appeared first on Carbon Brief.

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Sep 11, 2026 · Reinsurance News
Reinsurance

Property cat XoL reinsurance rates expected to fall by at least 10% at 1.1 2027, reports KBW

KBW, a financial services firm providing research and advisory services across the insurance and reinsurance sectors, expects property catastrophe excess-of-loss (XoL) reinsurance rates to fall by at least 10% at the 1 January 2027 renewals. The outlook comes from KBW’s commentary following the 2026

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Sep 11, 2026 · Reinsurance News
Reinsurance

WTW names Owens as Head of Captive & Insurance Management Solutions, Ireland

Willis, a WTW business, has promoted Gerard Owens to Head of Captive and Insurance Management Solutions, Ireland, effective 1 November 2026. In his new role, Owens succeeds Trevor Madden, who will lead Willis’ Captive and Insurance Management Solutions business in Singapore. Owens will report to Eli

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Sep 11, 2026 · Reinsurance News
Reinsurance

Digital footprint data can improve cyber claim prediction: Gallagher Re and KYND

A new study conducted by global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re and KYND, a cyber risk intelligence provider that helps businesses and insurers understand and manage cyber exposure, has disclosed that digital footprint data can improve cyber claim prediction beyond traditional underwriting factors,

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Sep 11, 2026 · Reinsurance News
Reinsurance

Rokstone Agriculture reaches $125m premium income since launch

Rokstone Agriculture, a specialist agriculture and livestock MGU, part of the international speciality re/insurance MGA Rokstone, has reached USD 125 million in premium income since its launch, including USD 34 million in GWP during the 12 months to ending June 2026. Five years after entering the ma

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Sep 11, 2026 · Reinsurance News
Reinsurance

Acrisure unveils Palantir-powered AI platform for insurance operations

Acrisure, a global financial technology and insurance company, has unveiled Auris AI, its applied AI platform designed to connect data, workflows, and AI-assisted decision-making across its portfolio of services. Built on Palantir’s platform, the system integrates client, carrier, contract and opera

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Sep 11, 2026 · Reinsurance News
Reinsurance

Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility sees £19.6bn of risks secure cover: ABI

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has announced that the industry’s Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility has reported a second successful year, with a total of 730 risks securing insurance cover with a total sum of £19.6 billion, up from 703 risks in the previous year. Launched in April 2024, th

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Sep 11, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

Casualty ILS inflows an incremental negative. Cat may soften more than RVS suggests: KBW

Analysts from KBW see the influx of capital into the casualty reinsurance market through insurance-linked securities structures as negative for reinsurers, while on the property catastrophe side they caution that rate softening often tends to be more pronounced than the headlines from the RVS sugges

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Sep 11, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

Reinsurance offers strong diversification with total return potential: US Bank

A recent report authored by wealth managers at US Bank, the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States, has outlined key opportunities for qualified investors in the reinsurance market, with the firm particularly highlighting how reinsurance offers effective diversification with total return

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Sep 11, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

Ariel Re sees growing role for ILS in cyber exposure landscape: Carr

Ariel Re, the Bermuda headquartered global reinsurance firm, remains constructive on the outlook for the cyber insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, with Dan Carr, Head of Cyber at the firm, emphasising that as cyber portfolios continue to grow as the risk further escalates, this will allow alte

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Sep 11, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

Hiscox Capital Partners hires Dang as Portfolio Manager, from SCOR IP

Hiscox Capital Partners, the division of Hiscox Re that encompasses management of third-party capital in insurance-linked securities (ILS) investments and quota-share partnerships, has appointed Michel Dang as Portfolio Manager. Back in February, Hiscox Re, the reinsurance division of Hiscox Group l

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Sep 11, 2026 · Nature Climate Change
Climate Modelling

Divergence between physical and emotional heat resilience in Chinese cities

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 11 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02732-8Heatwaves threaten both physical and mental health, yet physical heat exposure and emotional responses often diverge. The study shows that 84.9% of Chinese cities experienced severe emotional shocks, compared w

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Sep 11, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
Climate Modelling

The Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) contribution to CMIP7 – description of new experimental protocols and preliminary results

The Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) contribution to CMIP7 – description of new experimental protocols and preliminary results Daniele Visioni, Alan Robock, Alistair Duffey, Matthew Henry, Haruki Hirasawa, Walker Raymond Lee, Cindy Wang, Kelsey Roberts, Shingo Watanabe, Michelle

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Sep 10, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
Adaptation & Sustainability

Climate Adaptation Policy Needs an Economic Foundation - Resources Magazine

Climate Adaptation Policy Needs an Economic Foundation Resources Magazine

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Sep 10, 2026 · Carbon Brief
Adaptation & Sustainability

Guest post: How extreme heat is ‘creeping’ from summer into autumn and spring

Extreme heat is one of the deadliest climate hazards, but no two heatwaves are the same. Heat extremes that happen… The post Guest post: How extreme heat is ‘creeping’ from summer into autumn and spring appeared first on Carbon Brief.

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Sep 10, 2026 · Google News: Jupiter Intelligence
Physical Risk Service Providers

Jupiter Intelligence Deepens Climate Risk Tools With Entity Modeling and Extreme Wind Validation - TipRanks

Jupiter Intelligence Deepens Climate Risk Tools With Entity Modeling and Extreme Wind Validation TipRanks

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Sep 10, 2026 · Google News: Jupiter Intelligence
Physical Risk Service Providers

Jupiter Intelligence – Weekly Recap - TipRanks

Jupiter Intelligence – Weekly Recap TipRanks

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Sep 10, 2026 · Google News: Jupiter Intelligence
Physical Risk Service Providers

Jupiter Intelligence Expands Decision-Grade Climate Risk Research Offering - TipRanks

Jupiter Intelligence Expands Decision-Grade Climate Risk Research Offering TipRanks

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Sep 10, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

Risks becoming more global and volatile, value of reinsurance never more evident: Munich Re

Munich Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurance companies, has underscored that the value of reinsurance has never been more evident than it is today, as risks continue to become more global and volatile. At the 2026 Monte Carlo at the Rendez-vous event, Munich Re described reinsurance as society’

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Sep 10, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

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.

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Sep 10, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
Climate Modelling

Development of a high-resolution coupled SHiELD-MOM6-LM4 model – Part 2: Model overview, coupling technique, and evaluation of hydrological extremes during Hurricane Helene

Development of a high-resolution coupled SHiELD-MOM6-LM4 model – Part 2: Model overview, coupling technique, and evaluation of hydrological extremes during Hurricane Helene Joseph Mouallem, Sergey Malyshev, Zhihong Tan, Elena Shevliakova, Kun Gao, Lucas Harris, Rusty Benson, William Cooke, Niki Zade

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Sep 10, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
Climate Modelling

Integrating Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) for Enhanced Flood Resilience under a Changing Climate: The Case of the Cologne District, Germany

Integrating Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) for Enhanced Flood Resilience under a Changing Climate: The Case of the Cologne District, Germany Udo Nehren, Ali Cara Barrett, Paola Saenz Quiros, and Alexander Fekete Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 4357–4381, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-4357-2026,

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Sep 10, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
Adaptation & Sustainability

Why Flash Floods Are Getting Worse and the Blueprint for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure - Georgetown University

Why Flash Floods Are Getting Worse and the Blueprint for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Georgetown University

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Sep 10, 2026 · Google News: Jupiter Intelligence
Physical Risk Service Providers

Jupiter Intelligence Highlights Climate Risk Modeling for Banking Applications - TipRanks

Jupiter Intelligence Highlights Climate Risk Modeling for Banking Applications TipRanks

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Sep 10, 2026 · Google News: Jupiter Intelligence
Physical Risk Service Providers

Jupiter Intelligence Highlights Role in Climate Risk Decision-Making at Climate Week NYC - TipRanks

Jupiter Intelligence Highlights Role in Climate Risk Decision-Making at Climate Week NYC TipRanks

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Sep 9, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
Adaptation & Sustainability

PNG launches milestone Resilient School Infrastructure Policy to ensure schools withstand disasters and climate change - Islands Business

PNG launches milestone Resilient School Infrastructure Policy to ensure schools withstand disasters and climate change Islands Business

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Sep 9, 2026 · Google News: Verisk
Physical Risk Service Providers

Verisk: A turning point in measuring tropical cyclone risk: Verisk’s new US model - theinsurer.com

Verisk: A turning point in measuring tropical cyclone risk: Verisk’s new US model theinsurer.com

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Sep 9, 2026 · Google News: Climate X
Physical Risk Service Providers

Infrastructure Climate Risk Frameworks Face Scrutiny from Practitioners - TipRanks

Infrastructure Climate Risk Frameworks Face Scrutiny from Practitioners TipRanks

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Sep 9, 2026 · Google News: Climate X
Physical Risk Service Providers

Climate X Partners With Mitie on Climate Change Risk Assessment Service - TipRanks

Climate X Partners With Mitie on Climate Change Risk Assessment Service TipRanks

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Sep 8, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
Adaptation & Sustainability

Europe’s climate-resilience moment has arrived - Bruegel

Europe’s climate-resilience moment has arrived Bruegel

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Sep 8, 2026 · Carbon Brief
Adaptation & Sustainability

Q&A: What can – and cannot – be said about global warming’s role in the 2026 Himalayan floods

On the morning of 26 August, flash floods surged through a Himalayan border region of Nepal and the Chinese region… The post Q&A: What can – and cannot – be said about global warming’s role in the 2026 Himalayan floods appeared first on Carbon Brief.

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Sep 7, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
Adaptation & Sustainability

Africa gets only 23% of the climate finance it needs — and pays too much for it - Down To Earth

Africa gets only 23% of the climate finance it needs — and pays too much for it Down To Earth

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Sep 7, 2026 · Google News: Verisk
Physical Risk Service Providers

Verisk: One atmosphere, one framework – how science and AI connect views of global risk - theinsurer.com

Verisk: One atmosphere, one framework – how science and AI connect views of global risk theinsurer.com

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Sep 7, 2026 · Reinsurance News
Reinsurance

Underlying need for reinsurance protection continues to grow: Swiss Re

At the 68th annual meeting of the reinsurance industry in Monte Carlo, Swiss Re, an industry giant, has emphasised that growing natural catastrophe risk remains a significant driver of reinsurance demand. Insured natural catastrophe losses continue to follow a 5–7% annual growth rate, driven by incr

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Sep 7, 2026 · Reinsurance News
Reinsurance

Cyber reinsurance buyers willing to explore higher cessions at Jan 1 renewals: Marsh Re’s Cordonnier

Anthony Cordonnier, Global Co-Head of Cyber, Managing Director at reinsurance broker Marsh Re, said a meaningful shift that is beginning to appear is a willingness among some buyers to explore higher cessions at the 1 January 2027 cyber renewals. In an interview with Reinsurance News around the annu

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Sep 7, 2026 · Reinsurance News
Reinsurance

Run-off liabilities reach $2.57bn YTD following slow H1 start: PwC

Combined gross liabilities of the non-life insurance run-off market reached an estimated $2.57 billion in 2026 year to date, driven by 18 publicly announced deals across eight acquirers, according to data from PwC. The YTD figures demonstrate a robust recovery following a slow start to the year. Onl

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Sep 7, 2026 · Reinsurance News
Reinsurance

SiriusPoint’s Govrin flags property rate pressure and rising AI adoption across re/insurance

Speaking in an interview during the 68th edition of the Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) in Monte Carlo, David Govrin, SiriusPoint’s Group President and CEO of Global Reinsurance & London Market Specialty, discussed the outlook for the January 1 reinsurance renewals, including rate movements, terms an

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Sep 7, 2026 · Reinsurance News
Reinsurance

HDI Global UK&I receives Lloyd’s approval in principle to establish new syndicate

HDI Global UK & Ireland (HDI) has announced that it has received approval in principle from Lloyd’s to establish a new Lloyd’s syndicate, marking a key milestone in its wider Xcelerate29 growth strategy. The approval in principle enables HDI to continue progressing through the remaining regulatory a

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Sep 7, 2026 · Reinsurance News
Reinsurance

Pro Global deal brings scale and complementary capabilities: Marco Capital

Following Marco Capital’s agreement to acquire Pro Global, we spoke with Marco Capital Group CEO Simon Minshall and PoloWorks CEO Paul Andrews about the combination of Pro Global and PoloWorks. The executives highlighted the strong complementarities between the two businesses, with the combination a

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Sep 7, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

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 p

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Sep 7, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

Hannover Re on steady ILS growth path with Capital Partners after first capital raise: Silke Sehm

Speaking in Monte Carlo this morning, Hannover Re Executive Board Member Silke Sehm noted that the company’s ILS management platform, Hannover Re Capital Partners, successfully wrote additional non-proportional catastrophe business in 2026 under its first third-party capital mandate, with a “lower t

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Sep 7, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

ILS will return to the cyber conversation in time. AI risk a future factor: Baker, CyberCube

While broader insurance and reinsurance market dynamics mean we haven’t seen any 144A cyber catastrophe bonds in 2026 so far, there is no shortage of investor appetite for cyber insurance-linked securities (ILS), and industry-loss warranty (ILW) transactions are still being seen, according to Britta

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Sep 7, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

Catastrophe bond fund UCITS Index delivers 1.24% average return in August: Plenum

Catastrophe bond fund structured in the UCITS investment format delivered their strongest month of performance year-to-date through the August days of record, averaging 1.24% for the period, while the 12-month rolling return average across the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices slipped a little furt

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Sep 7, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

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 Stra

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Sep 7, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

Price adequacy is essential as ILS expands into casualty, specialty, and cyber: Artex’s Faries

As the ILS market expands its reach across casualty, specialty, and cyber, maintaining price adequacy remains a critical boundary for market growth. Speaking with Artemis at the 2026 Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous, Kathleen Faries, CEO of Artex Capital Solutions, outlined her expectations for emerging peri

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Sep 7, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
Climate Modelling

Development and testing of ensemble-variational data assimilation capabilities for radar data within JEDI coupled with FV3-LAM model

Development and testing of ensemble-variational data assimilation capabilities for radar data within JEDI coupled with FV3-LAM model Jun Park, Chengsi Liu, and Ming Xue Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 8213–8232, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-8213-2026, 2026 This study develops and tests new methods to impr

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Sep 7, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
Climate Modelling

Invited perspectives: Towards usable compound event research

Invited perspectives: Towards usable compound event research Kai Kornhuber, Emanuele Bevacqua, Mariana Madruga de Brito, Wiebke S. Jäger, Pauline Rivoire, Cassandra D. W. Rogers, Fabiola Banfi, Fulden Batibeniz, James Carruthers, Carlo De Michele, Silvia De Angeli, Cristina Deidda, Marleen C. de Rui

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Sep 7, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
Climate Modelling

Invited perspectives: reframing transboundary flood vulnerability through “Hydrosocial Connectivity” for just and adaptive governance

Invited perspectives: reframing transboundary flood vulnerability through “Hydrosocial Connectivity” for just and adaptive governance Tahmina Yasmin, Rose Cook, Xilin Xia, David M. Hannah, and Iseult Lynch Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 4335–4351, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-4335-2026, 2026

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Sep 5, 2026 · Google News: Verisk
Physical Risk Service Providers

Verisk: Global modelled losses – a clear benchmark in a shifting risk transfer market - theinsurer.com

Verisk: Global modelled losses – a clear benchmark in a shifting risk transfer market theinsurer.com

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Sep 4, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
Adaptation & Sustainability

IFAD and Equity Group Kick Off Us$200 Million Mechanism to Make Climate Adaptation Finance Reach East Africa’s Farmers - KT PRESS -

IFAD and Equity Group Kick Off Us$200 Million Mechanism to Make Climate Adaptation Finance Reach East Africa’s Farmers KT PRESS -

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Sep 4, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
Adaptation & Sustainability

IFAD and Equity Group kick off US$200 million mechanism to make climate adaptation finance reach East Africa's farmers - IFAD

IFAD and Equity Group kick off US$200 million mechanism to make climate adaptation finance reach East Africa's farmers IFAD

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Sep 4, 2026 · Carbon Brief
Adaptation & Sustainability

How this summer’s heat and drought impacted crops in Europe – in six charts

Farmers around Europe are dealing with the aftermath of a summer of extreme heat, drought and wildfires that were exacerbated… The post How this summer’s heat and drought impacted crops in Europe – in six charts appeared first on Carbon Brief.

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Sep 4, 2026 · Google News: Verisk
Physical Risk Service Providers

Global Catastrophe Losses Set To Average $171 Billion A Year, Verisk Finds - Risk & Insurance

Global Catastrophe Losses Set To Average $171 Billion A Year, Verisk Finds Risk & Insurance

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Sep 4, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
Climate Modelling

Sensitivity of cloud structure and precipitation to cloud microphysics schemes in ICON and implications for global km-scale simulations

Sensitivity of cloud structure and precipitation to cloud microphysics schemes in ICON and implications for global km-scale simulations Maor Sela, Philipp Weiss, and Philip Stier Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 8191–8212, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-8191-2026, 2026 Clouds play a key role in Earth’s clima

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Sep 4, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
Climate Modelling

Analysis of urban-scale typhoon precipitation characteristics and spatiotemporal patterns: a case study of Ningbo, China

Analysis of urban-scale typhoon precipitation characteristics and spatiotemporal patterns: a case study of Ningbo, China Caiming Wu, Hong-Li Ren, Yi Lu, and Fumin Ren Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 4291–4308, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-4291-2026, 2026 This study assessed regional-scale typ

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Sep 3, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
Adaptation & Sustainability

Building Africa for a Hotter Future: Climate Risks Put Cities, Farms and Infrastructure on Alert - Devdiscourse

Building Africa for a Hotter Future: Climate Risks Put Cities, Farms and Infrastructure on Alert Devdiscourse

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Sep 3, 2026 · Reinsurance News
Reinsurance

Viewing AI as a capacity creator rather than a cost-reduction tool can unlock greater value: mea Platform CEO

Re/insurers that view artificial intelligence (AI) as a capacity creator rather than simply a cost-reduction tool can unlock greater value from the technology, according to Martin Henley, CEO of mea Platform. In an interview with Reinsurance News ahead of the annual Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte

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Sep 3, 2026 · Reinsurance News
Reinsurance

Corgi Insurance launches reinsurance platform, Corgi Re

Corgi Insurance, the AI-native, full-stack insurer, has launched Corgi Re, a reinsurance platform designed to bring underwriting technology, speed, and operational efficiency to the reinsurance market. With this launch, Corgi is expanding its role in the insurance industry to provide capacity and ri

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Sep 3, 2026 · Reinsurance News
Reinsurance

Tiernan calls for innovation to become Lloyd’s ‘natural operating rhythm’

In a statement accompanying Lloyd’s H1 2026 results, Chief Executive Patrick Tiernan suggested that addressing challenges such as the protection and perception gaps will require the full power of the Lloyd’s market to be harnessed to manage risks that others cannot, moving beyond isolated innovation

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Sep 3, 2026 · Reinsurance News
Reinsurance

Substantial deterioration in underwriting or financial conditions required to reverse softening momentum: Howden Re

Reinsurance broker Howden Re has said that a substantial deterioration in underwriting or financial conditions would be required to reverse the reinsurance market’s current softening momentum. The firm has released its Pre-Monte Carlo Report, “Breaking the Glass”, highlighting that the reinsurance m

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Sep 3, 2026 · Reinsurance News
Reinsurance

Oak Global targets profitable growth through Lloyd’s distribution and AI-led underwriting: CEO Carr

Reinsurance News spoke with Oak Global Founder and CEO Cathal Carr around RVS 2026 in Monte Carlo, with the discussion focusing on how the reinsurance business is using the Lloyd’s market, technology and artificial intelligence to support its growth strategy. Oak Global is a Lloyd’s-focused reinsura

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Sep 3, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Andrew Hare appointed Chief Executive Officer of Japan, Marsh Re

Marsh, an insurance and reinsurance broker and risk advisor, has announced the appointment of Andrew Hare as Chief Executive Officer of Japan, Marsh Re, effective January 1, 2027, subject to regulatory approval. He succeeds Jeremy Fox, who will continue in his role as Chairman, Asia Pacific, Marsh R

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Sep 3, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Bermuda’s life & annuity sidecar market hits $375bn amid rising private-market strategies: Morningstar DBRS

The life and annuity sidecar market in Bermuda has experienced rapid growth over the last several years, as insurers continue to scale up and expand beyond legacy blocks. However, Morningstar DBRS suggests that this momentum can also be viewed alongside the growth of rated feeder funds, as both stru

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Sep 3, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Challenger Life’s cat bond investments meet benchmark. Calix Re adds new dimension

Challenger Life reported that its insurance-linked securities (ILS) investments, predominantly catastrophe bonds, performed in-line with their benchmark over the last year, while the company also launched a new Bermuda life and annuity reinsurance entity named Calix Re, adding a new insurance-linked

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Sep 3, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Verisk launches U.S. Data Center Exposure Database

Recognising the burgeoning interest in underwriting exposures related to the data center build-out, global data analytics and technology provider Verisk has announced the launch of a dedicated exposure database for these large risks in the United States. The data center underwriting opportunity is s

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Sep 3, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Descartes and Generali renew parametric insurance partnership

Parametric specialist Descartes Underwriting and Generali Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C), the business of Generali Group that provides solutions and services to medium-large companies, have renewed their strategic partnership that sees the two firms develop parametric insurance solutions to ac

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Sep 3, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Howden Re urges reinsurance and retro cedents to preserve capital flexibility and optionality

In a reinsurance and retrocession market environment where prices have softened considerably but underwriters can still find attractive returns, broker Howden Re urges cedents to ensure their resilience by looking across the full-range of capital solutions and forms, to maintain flexibility and opti

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Sep 3, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
Climate Modelling

Developing a coastal hazard prediction system in ice-infested waters – Part 1: High-resolution regional wave modeling in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence

Developing a coastal hazard prediction system in ice-infested waters – Part 1: High-resolution regional wave modeling in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence Jérémy Baudry, Dany Dumont, David Didier, Pascal Bernatchez, and Sébastien Dugas Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 4231–4255, https://doi.org

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Sep 2, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
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UNIDO, Kenya Climate Ventures move to unlock private capital for Africa’s climate adaptation - Capital FM Africa

UNIDO, Kenya Climate Ventures move to unlock private capital for Africa’s climate adaptation Capital FM Africa

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Sep 2, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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No longer alternative, how capital sources can work together is the strategic decision: Gallagher Re

During reinsurance broker Gallagher Re’s Pre-Monte Carlo Media Briefing, Will Thompson, Head of Global Clients, said alternative capital is no longer a separate conversation from traditional reinsurance and is now an integral part of the capital stack. Ahead of the annual Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous de

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Sep 2, 2026 · Nature Climate Change
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Record-breaking wildfires in Canada

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 02 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02744-4Record-breaking wildfires in Canada

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Sep 2, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
Climate Modelling

Implementation of the Generalized Double-Moment scaling Normalization method for raindrop size distribution in a WRF 4.3.1 bulk-type cloud microphysics scheme: a case study over the Korean Peninsula

Implementation of the Generalized Double-Moment scaling Normalization method for raindrop size distribution in a WRF 4.3.1 bulk-type cloud microphysics scheme: a case study over the Korean Peninsula Joonghyun Jo, Kyo Sun Lim, Sun-Young Park, Juhee Kwon, Wonbae Bang, HyangSuk Park, Jae-Young Byon, an

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Sep 1, 2026 · Google News: Verisk
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Verisk Reports Record $171 Billion Global Insured Catastrophe Loss Benchmark in 2026 Global Modeled Catastrophe Losses Report - Quiver Quantitative

Verisk Reports Record $171 Billion Global Insured Catastrophe Loss Benchmark in 2026 Global Modeled Catastrophe Losses Report Quiver Quantitative

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Sep 1, 2026 · Google News: Verisk
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Verisk Reports Record $171 Billion Global Insured Catastrophe Loss Benchmark in 2026 Study - Quiver Quantitative

Verisk Reports Record $171 Billion Global Insured Catastrophe Loss Benchmark in 2026 Study Quiver Quantitative

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Sep 1, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Tokio Marine HCC’s CPLG names Brian Alva as SVP of Underwriting

Cyber & Professional Lines Group (CPLG), part of the Tokio Marine HCC group of companies and headquartered in Houston, Texas, has appointed Brian Alva as Senior Vice President of Underwriting, where he will take responsibility for the group’s cyber and technology underwriting. The appointment is int

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Sep 1, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Reinsurance buyers expect further property rate declines: Moody’s

Reinsurance buyers expect property prices to continue declining into 2027, as abundant traditional reinsurance capacity and fewer severe catastrophe losses drive continued competition, according to Moody’s Ratings. In its annual survey of reinsurance buyers, Moody’s noted that market conditions rema

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Sep 1, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Starr names Liliane Wehbe as Head of Casualty, MENA

Starr, an insurance and investment organisation, has appointed Liliane Wehbe as Head of Casualty, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In her new role, Wehbe will be based in Dubai and lead the development of the insurer’s regional specialty casualty offering, drive growth, and further broaden t

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Sep 1, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Global insurers must prepare to absorb $171bn in insured cat losses each year: Verisk

Increasing catastrophes, inflation and construction costs are driving the continued rise in insured losses, Verisk’s 2026 Global Modelled Catastrophe Losses Report finds. According to the annual report, the insurance industry should be prepared to withstand $171 billion in insured catastrophe losses

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Sep 1, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Howden Re establishes Portugal presence with Filipe Duarte appointment

Howden Re, the reinsurance, capital markets and strategic advisory business of Howden Group, has expanded its presence in Iberia with the appointment of Filipe Duarte as Head of Howden Re Portugal. Duarte took up the newly created role on 2 August 2026 and is based in Lisbon. His appointment gives H

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Sep 1, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Bamboo Insurance files S-1 for proposed NYSE IPO

Bamboo Insurance Services, Inc., an AI and technology-enabled, underwriting-first and capital-light homeowners insurance Managing General Underwriter (MGU), has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering

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Sep 1, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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ILS fund performance continues to rise in 2026, average July return hit 1.05%: ILS Advisers

The performance of insurance-linked securities investment fund strategies, across catastrophe bonds and private ILS, has continued to rise through July 2026 with the month delivering the best returns of the year so far for the asset class, as measured by the ILS Advisers Fund Index. For July 2026, I

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Sep 1, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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AM Best maintains stable outlook on ‘fundamentally strong’ global reinsurance segment

Global credit rating agency AM Best has maintained its stable outlook on the global non-life reinsurance segment, assessing that the market “remains fundamentally strong” despite clear softening in property, challenges in certain classes of casualty in the US, and an overall competitive landscape. B

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Sep 1, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Alternative capital rose 9% in H1’26 to record $147bn: Gallagher Re

Global non-life alternative reinsurance capital increased by 9%, or USD 12 billion in the first half of 2026 to a record USD 147 billion, driven by favourable returns and net inflows of capital, as total reinsurance capital rose by 5% in the period to a high of USD 688 billion, according to reinsura

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Sep 1, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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ILS continues to grow despite softer and more competitive reinsurance market: Moody’s Ratings

Strong investor demand and record catastrophe bond issuance, underpinned by increased participation by both insurers and reinsurers, is supporting the continued expansion of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, as Moody’s Ratings reports that carriers are using ILS more strategically in the

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Sep 1, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
Climate Modelling

CMIP7 Data Request: co-created guidance for the production of CMIP7 data [v1.2.2.5]

CMIP7 Data Request: co-created guidance for the production of CMIP7 data [v1.2.2.5] Chloe Mackallah, Martin Juckes, James Anstey, Beth Dingley, Charlotte Pascoe, Gaëlle Rigoudy, Marie-Pierre Moine, Tomas Lovato, Alison Pamment, Martin Schupfner, Michio Kawamiya, Tommi Bergman, Charles Koven, Eleanor

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Sep 1, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
Climate Modelling

Implementation of predicted rime mass in the bin microphysics scheme DESCAM 3D: evaluation for an idealized squall line system and a heavy snowfall event during ICE-POP 2018

Implementation of predicted rime mass in the bin microphysics scheme DESCAM 3D: evaluation for an idealized squall line system and a heavy snowfall event during ICE-POP 2018 Pierre Grzegorczyk, Wolfram Wobrock, Antoine Canzi, Frédéric Tridon, Sun-Young Park, Gyuwon Lee, Kwonil Kim, Kyo-Sun Lim, and

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Sep 1, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
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Climate, Environment and Resilience: Building Climate-Resilient Futures for Children - UNICEF

Climate, Environment and Resilience: Building Climate-Resilient Futures for Children UNICEF

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Sep 1, 2026 · Google News: Verisk
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Verisk lifts global yearly insured cat loss benchmark to $171bn - Global Reinsurance

Verisk lifts global yearly insured cat loss benchmark to $171bn Global Reinsurance

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Sep 1, 2026 · Google News: Verisk
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Report: World should now expect $450bn a year in losses from natural disasters - BusinessGreen

Report: World should now expect $450bn a year in losses from natural disasters BusinessGreen

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Sep 1, 2026 · Google News: Verisk
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Verisk Reports Record $171 Billion Global Insured Catastrophe Loss Benchmark in 2026 Study - Quiver Quantitative

Verisk Reports Record $171 Billion Global Insured Catastrophe Loss Benchmark in 2026 Study Quiver Quantitative

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Sep 1, 2026 · Google News: Verisk
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Global Insured Catastrophe Losses Now Expected to Average $171 Billion Annually, Verisk Finds - GlobeNewswire

Global Insured Catastrophe Losses Now Expected to Average $171 Billion Annually, Verisk Finds GlobeNewswire

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Sep 1, 2026 · Google News: Swiss Re
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Swiss Re stock holds firm as shares trade close to CHF 141 - AD HOC NEWS

Swiss Re stock holds firm as shares trade close to CHF 141 AD HOC NEWS

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Sep 1, 2026 · Google News: Jupiter Intelligence
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Climate-Risk Analytics Firm Highlights Heat Threats to Global Football Infrastructure - TipRanks

Climate-Risk Analytics Firm Highlights Heat Threats to Global Football Infrastructure TipRanks

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Aug 27, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
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Aussie corporate disclosures reveal ‘major gap’ around adaptation financing - Responsible Investor

Aussie corporate disclosures reveal ‘major gap’ around adaptation financing Responsible Investor

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Aug 27, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
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Why Climate Resilience Is Worth the Investment - Food Tank

Why Climate Resilience Is Worth the Investment Food Tank

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Aug 27, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Transition to SaaS key to modernise reinsurance core systems: Sapiens

The reinsurance market has long relied on legacy spreadsheets and manual administration, often lagging behind broader digital transformation. Today, though, the merging of cloud-native Software as a Service (SaaS) and artificial intelligence (AI) is driving an essential modernisation across the sect

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Aug 27, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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HDI Global appoints Tobias Sigurdsson as Global Head of Fine Art & Specie

HDI Global, the Corporate & Specialty insurer within the HDI Group, has appointed Tobias Sigurdsson as Global Head of Fine Art & Specie, with the company aiming to further develop its international offering for high-value assets and complex risks. The appointment forms part of its wider strategy to

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Aug 27, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Pen partners with Hadron UK to back specialist thatched and personal leisure property portfolio

Pen Underwriting, a UK-based multi-class, multi-territory managing general agent (MGA), has partnered with Hadron UK Insurance Company Limited, a multinational specialty carrier, to provide underwriting capacity for Pen’s longstanding specialism in the UK thatched and personal leisure property risks

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Aug 27, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Swiss Re appoints Ludovic Boulanger as Market Head Life & Health France

Global reinsurer Swiss Re has announced the appointment of Ludovic Boulanger as Market Head Life & Health France. In his new role, Boulanger will be responsible for strengthening Swiss Re’s long-term partnerships with clients and contributing to the development of the Life & Health market in France,

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Aug 27, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Peak Re sees H1’26 reinsurance revenue increase 25% with net profit reaching $89.7m

Fosun International Limited has released the unaudited first half of 2026 results for Hong Kong-based global reinsurer Peak Re, reporting a 25.0% year on year increase in reinsurance revenue to USD825.7 million, and an 11.8% rise in gross written premiums to USD1,186.0 million. Net profit after tax

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Aug 27, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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AIG welcomes two new members to its Casualty DACH team

AIG, a global insurance organisation providing a broad range of commercial insurance and risk management solutions, has welcomed two new colleagues to its Casualty DACH team in Germany. Bianca Keim has joined AIG as Senior Underwriter Casualty, Southern Germany, based in the company’s Heilbronn offi

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Aug 27, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Artex Axcell Re issues $20m Grantham private catastrophe bond notes

Artex Axcell Re, the Bermuda domiciled Artex Risk Solutions operated risk transformer entity, has brought another new private catastrophe bond transaction to market, with $20 million of Artex Axcell Re – PI0055 Grantham notes successfully issued and placed. It becomes the fifth privately placed cata

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Aug 27, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Traditional reinsurance capital build-up more impactful to softening than ILS: AM Best

While the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has been growing at a strong pace, thanks in the main to record levels of catastrophe bond issuance, rating agency AM Best believes that while this contributed to reinsurance market softening, the deployment of traditional capacity is still more imp

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Aug 27, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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AmCoastal secures $25.5m Armor Re II 2026-2 cat bond cover, likely a retention buy-down

American Coastal Insurance Company (AmCoastal Insurance) returned to the catastrophe bond market in recent weeks, Artemis can reveal, as a new $25.5 million Armor Re II Ltd. (Series 2026-2) issuance has been placed in the market, which appears likely to be a buy-down of the sponsors’ first-event rei

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Aug 27, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Brookmont cat bond ETF listing moving to Texas, as it targets lead market maker for fund

Brookmont Capital Management, LLC, is set to move the listing venue for its Brookmont Catastrophic Bond ETF (ILS) strategy to the Texas Stock Exchange as it hopes to onboard the first lead market maker to the fund within weeks. The Brookmont Catastrophic Bond ETF (ticker ILS), was launched and liste

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Aug 27, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Fermat UCITS and offshore catastrophe bond funds each surpass $3bn of assets

Fermat Capital Management recently hit new milestones for two of its dedicated catastrophe bond fund strategies, taking the pair to more than $3 billion of assets under management each, while achieving those levels of assets at a particularly rapid pace, Artemis can report. As perhaps the largest ho

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Aug 27, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Reask study shows how pre-landfall parametric triggers fund pre-storm protective actions

A new study co-authored by catastrophe modelling and climate analytics specialist Reask, has demonstrated how advanced downstream forecast analytics can eliminate basis risk in parametric insurance by funding pre-landfall protective actions before a hurricane strikes. Published in the Bulletin of th

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Aug 27, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
Climate Modelling

DeepMelt-GL v1: a neural network emulator of sub-shelf melt rates for the unrepresented regions of ice-shelf cavities in ocean models

DeepMelt-GL v1: a neural network emulator of sub-shelf melt rates for the unrepresented regions of ice-shelf cavities in ocean models Helen Ockenden, Clara Burgard, Pierre Mathiot, Christoph Kittel, Achille Gellens, Cécile Agosta, and Nicolas C. Jourdain Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 7979–8002, https://do

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Aug 27, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
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Improving simulation of Earth system variability through weakly coupled ocean data assimilation in E3SM

Improving simulation of Earth system variability through weakly coupled ocean data assimilation in E3SM Pengfei Shi, L. Ruby Leung, Zhaoxia Pu, Samson Hagos, and Karthik Balaguru Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 8003–8023, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-8003-2026, 2026 Reliable climate prediction requires ac

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Aug 27, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
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The 2024 cascading glacial lake outburst flood in the Thame Valley of Everest region, Nepal: process, impacts and implications

The 2024 cascading glacial lake outburst flood in the Thame Valley of Everest region, Nepal: process, impacts and implications Nitesh Khadka, Vishnu Prasad Pandey, C. Scott Watson, Guoxiong Zheng, Tianpei Wu, Keshab Sharma, Lauren D. Rawlins, Simon Allen, Manish Raj Gouli, and Dibas Shrestha Nat. Ha

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Aug 27, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
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Unveiling the link between extreme precipitation events and flood disasters in China: from a 3D perspective

Unveiling the link between extreme precipitation events and flood disasters in China: from a 3D perspective Jie Wang, Sixuan Li, Xiaodan Guan, Ashok Kumar Pokharel, Yongli He, Chenyu Cao, Lulu Lian, and Lihui Zhang Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 4153–4175, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-4153-2

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Aug 26, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
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AD1224: Malians say climate change is making life worse, call for collective action - Afrobarometer

AD1224: Malians say climate change is making life worse, call for collective action Afrobarometer

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Aug 26, 2026 · Earth System Dynamics (ESD)
Climate Modelling

Toward robust fine-scale decadal precipitation forecasts through dynamically consistent subsampling

Toward robust fine-scale decadal precipitation forecasts through dynamically consistent subsampling Joanne Couallier, Didier Swingedouw, Charlotte Sakarovitch, Théodore Raymond, and Ramdane Alkama Earth Syst. Dynam., 17, 1177–1199, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-17-1177-2026, 2026 Reliable decadal pred

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Aug 26, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
Climate Modelling

Assessing financial risk to property portfolios from physical rainfall extremes

Assessing financial risk to property portfolios from physical rainfall extremes Laura C. Dawkins, Freya K. Garry, Dan J. Bernie, Jason A. Lowe, and Theodoros Economou Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 4071–4099, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-4071-2026, 2026 Extreme rainfall already creates signi

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Aug 26, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
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Exposure of settlements to wildfires in a transboundary wildland–urban interface region in Central Europe

Exposure of settlements to wildfires in a transboundary wildland–urban interface region in Central Europe Evripidis Avouris, Christopher Marrs, Kristina Beetz, Lucie Kudláčková, Johanna Kranz, Markéta Poděbradská, Miroslav Trnka, and Matthias Forkel Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 4013–4044, http

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Aug 26, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
Climate Modelling

Brief communication: Towards defining the worst-case breach scenarios and potential flood volumes for moraine-dammed lake outbursts

Brief communication: Towards defining the worst-case breach scenarios and potential flood volumes for moraine-dammed lake outbursts Adam Emmer, Ashim Sattar, and Jan Hrebrina Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 4045–4052, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-4045-2026, 2026 Glacial lake outburst floods (

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Aug 25, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Sompo Asia Pacific appoints Winnie Chau as Senior Underwriter, Financial Lines

Sompo Asia Pacific, part of global insurance and reinsurance firm Sompo, has appointed Winnie Chau as Senior Underwriter, Financial Lines, with responsibility for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Chau joins the role with more than 14 years of underwriting experience across Financial Lines, including Cyb

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Aug 25, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Munafò named China CEO for Allianz Trade in Asia Pacific

Allianz Trade in Asia Pacific has announced the appointment of Scott Munafò as China CEO, a Shanghai-based role, effective September 1, 2026. Since joining Allianz Trade within the Multinationals team in 2015, Munafò has spent over then years shaping commercial strategy across four distinct regions.

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Aug 25, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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General aviation insurance market to remain highly competitive in H2’26: WTW

The general aviation insurance market is expected to remain highly competitive during the second half of 2026, with strong capacity continuing to place pressure on premiums, according to Willis Towers Watson (WTW), the global advisory, broking and solutions company. WTW’s Executive Director of Globa

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Aug 25, 2026 · Earth System Dynamics (ESD)
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Historical Climate and Future Projection in the North Atlantic and Arctic: Insights from EC-Earth3 High-Resolution Simulations

Historical Climate and Future Projection in the North Atlantic and Arctic: Insights from EC-Earth3 High-Resolution Simulations Mehdi Pasha Karami, Torben Koenigk, Shiyu Wang, René Navarro Labastida, Tim Kruschke, Aude Carréric, Pablo Ortega, Klaus Wyser, Ramon Fuentes Franco, Agatha M. de Boer, Mari

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Aug 25, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
Adaptation & Sustainability

IUCN and UNEP offering USD7.5 million in grants for Ecosystem-based Adaptation projects - International Union for Conservation of Nature

IUCN and UNEP offering USD7.5 million in grants for Ecosystem-based Adaptation projects International Union for Conservation of Nature

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Aug 25, 2026 · Google News: Jupiter Intelligence
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El Niño Climate Impacts Highlight Growing Demand for Jupiter Intelligence Risk Analytics - TipRanks

El Niño Climate Impacts Highlight Growing Demand for Jupiter Intelligence Risk Analytics TipRanks

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Aug 25, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
Climate Modelling

Evaluation of the ALARO1-SFX (CY43T2) regional climate model over Belgium across different resolutions

Evaluation of the ALARO1-SFX (CY43T2) regional climate model over Belgium across different resolutions Wout Dewettinck, Hans Van de Vyver, Daan Degrauwe, Rafiq Hamdi, Michiel Van Ginderachter, Bert Van Schaeybroeck, Kwinten Van Weverberg, Kobe Vandelanotte, Steven Caluwaerts, and Piet Termonia Geosc

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Aug 24, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Hurricane Lala triggers The Nature Conservancy’s US coral reef insurance policy for first time

The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) Hawaiʻi coral reef insurance policy will pay for damage assessment and reef repairs for the first time since it purchased the US’s first such policy four years ago, following Hurricane Lala’s impacts this weekend, which brought dangerous flooding, strong winds and wide

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Aug 24, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Guy Carpenter adds Jessica Ciak to Healthcare team

Guy Carpenter, a business of Marsh and a global risk and reinsurance specialist, has announced that Jessica Ciak has joined the firm’s Healthcare Segment as Senior Vice President, focusing on the US Medical Professional Liability sector. Ciak will be based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and report to Ma

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Aug 24, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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AM Best places At-Bay under review with positive implications amid Munich Re acquisition

Credit ratings agency AM Best has placed At-Bay Specialty Insurance Company (ABSIC) under review with positive implications following the recently announced acquisition of its parent company, At-Bay, Inc., by Munich Re for an enterprise value of USD 575 million. At-Bay is a US-based InsurSec provide

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Aug 24, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

Best of Artemis, week ending August 23rd 2026

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending August 23rd 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 pub

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Aug 24, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

Blackstone multi-strat alternatives fund makes its second direct cat bond investment

Blackstone Alternative Asset Management, the hedge fund solutions unit of Blackstone, has now made a second direct investment into a catastrophe bond through one of its flagship muti-strat alternatives funds. Back in May 2025 we reported that the Blackstone Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund had made i

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Aug 24, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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UBS to marginally increase cat bond allocations, says remain attractive on relative basis

In a volatile market environment when some hedge fund and alternative strategies have suffered, UBS Asset Management’s team sees catastrophe bonds as one asset class worth increasing allocations to, given it the carry they can provide remains relatively attractive compared to other investments in cr

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Aug 24, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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BTG Pactual sets up SSPE (Brazil ILS structure) to issue Letras de Risco de Seguro (LRS)

BTG Pactual, a major global investment bank and asset manager headquartered in Brazil, has established an insurance-linked securities (ILS) structure named BTG Pactual Sociedade Seguradora de Propósito Específico S.A. (BTG Pactual SSPE) to issue Letras de Risco de Seguro (Insurance Risk Letters), Br

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Aug 24, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

RGA evaluating next reinsurance sidecar, as Ruby Re to be fully-deployed this year

Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) expects to have its first third-party capitalised life reinsurance sidecar Ruby Re fully-deployed this year and the company is already evaluating a second iteration of the structure, an executive has said. RGA launched its first reinsurance sidecar vehicle Ruby Re

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Aug 24, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

Hurricane Lala triggers Hawaii’s parametric coral reef insurance

The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) Hawaiʻi parametric coral reef insurance policy will pay for damage assessment and reef repairs for the first time since it purchased the United States’ first such policy four years ago, following recent impacts from Hurricane Lala which brought dangerous flooding, stro

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Aug 24, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
Climate Modelling

Hydrological auditing of LISFLOOD v4.1.1: impacts of model setup on water balance components in the Po River Basin

Hydrological auditing of LISFLOOD v4.1.1: impacts of model setup on water balance components in the Po River Basin Francesca Moschini, Andrea Ficchí, and Alberto Pistocchi Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 7855–7892, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-7855-2026, 2026 We evaluated how different configurations of a

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Aug 24, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
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News insights news - Africa Finance Corporation

News insights news Africa Finance Corporation

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Aug 21, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Adam Fox to lead Stonybrook’s international growth

Stonybrook, a global specialist investment banking and reinsurance broking firm, has announced the appointment of Adam Fox as CEO of International, a London-based role. With over 25 years of experience in reinsurance, capital markets, and global insurance, Fox brings extensive expertise to Stonybroo

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Aug 21, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Clearwater expands underwriting platform into Crisis Management market

Clearwater Underwriting, a specialty underwriting business focused on marine risks, has entered the Crisis Management market with the appointment of Tim Strong as Managing Director, Crisis Management. In his new position, Strong will build and lead Clearwater’s dedicated Crisis Management business,

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Aug 21, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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AM Best upgrades Kinsale’s Issuer Credit Ratings

AM Best has upgraded Kinsale Insurance Company’s Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a+” (Excellent) from “a” (Excellent) and affirmed its Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent). The outlook for the Long-Term ICR has been revised to stable from positive, while the outlook fo

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Aug 21, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Fabien Goutoulli to lead Oneglobal Singapore as CEO

Oneglobal Broking, an international insurance and reinsurance brokerage group providing specialist risk advisory and placement services across global markets, has appointed Fabien Goutoulli as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Singapore, reporting to Sirikit Oh, CEO, Asia. In his new role, Goutoulli wi

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Aug 21, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Mongiello joins Conduit Re as COO

Conduit Holdings, the ultimate parent company of Conduit Re, a Bermuda-based multi-line reinsurance business, has appointed Anthony Mongiello as Chief Operating Officer (COO) with immediate effect. His appointment, subject to Bermuda immigration approval, follows the retirement of Stuart Quinlan ear

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Aug 21, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
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Impact of extreme rainfall on triggering conditions and susceptibility for shallow landslides: a case study in the Alpes-Maritimes region (France)

Impact of extreme rainfall on triggering conditions and susceptibility for shallow landslides: a case study in the Alpes-Maritimes region (France) Lucie Armand, Guillaume Chambon, Olivier Cerdan, Yannick Thiery, Nathalie Marçot, Louis Ferradou, Nicolas Saby, and Séverine Bernardie Nat. Hazards Earth

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Aug 21, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
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Adaptation trumps climate change mitigation - Corporate Knights

Adaptation trumps climate change mitigation Corporate Knights

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Aug 21, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Noldor appoints Tom Anderson as Head of Sales

Noldor, a company focused on transforming disjointed insurance data into a valuable asset driving the programme marketplace, has announced the appointment of Tom Anderson as Head of Sales. In his new role, Anderson will build and lead the sales organisation as Noldor expands across the US, Lloyd’s a

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Aug 21, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Relm Insurance names Sue Crawford as Head of Distribution

Relm Insurance, an insurer providing coverage for businesses operating in emerging and specialised sectors, has appointed Sue Crawford as Senior Vice President and Head of Distribution, reporting to Chief Underwriting Officer Shane Doyle and will be based in New York. In the new role, Crawford will

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Aug 21, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Vessel owners to benefit from Blenheim Partnerships’ new-build delivery failure solution

Blenheim Partnerships, part of the White Bear Group, has expanded its marine specialty risks offering with a new-build delivery failure insurance solution, Knot-on-Time. Led by Edward Parker as Senior Underwriter, Special Risks, the solution safeguards vessels owners against financial losses rising

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Aug 21, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Allianz Commercial hires Emma Woolley as President of Global Specialty & UK Region

Emma Woolley is set to join Allianz Commercial as President Global Specialty and UK Region, and will also join the Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE Board of Management, reporting to Thomas Lillelund, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Allianz Commercial. Subject to regulatory approval, Woolley wi

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Aug 21, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Africa Re reports $664.8m Insurance Service Revenue in H1’26, CoR of 84.7%

Nigeria domiciled African Reinsurance Corporation has announced its unaudited financial results for the first half of 2026, reporting an 8.5% year-on-year rise in Insurance Service Revenue to USD 664.8 million. According to Africa Re, growth was recorded in the vast majority of the corporation’s pro

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Aug 21, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Steadfast agrees to be acquired by Amwins and Dragoneer in A$7.7bn deal

Steadfast Group has entered into a Scheme Implementation Deed (SID) with Amwins Australasia and Starboard BidCo, an entity indirectly owned by funds managed or advised by affiliates of Dragoneer and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., for the acquisition of all of the issued shares of Steadfast at a

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Aug 21, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Bermuda reinsurers and sidecars drive US life insurance sector’s expansion: ALIRT

A recent report from ALIRT Insurance Research suggests that steady growth amongst Bermuda reinsurers and sidecars are responsible for a significant portion of the U.S. life insurance sector’s expansion in recent years. Findings from the firm’s recent report strongly indicate that Bermuda continues t

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Aug 21, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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RenRe third-party capital ILS assets managed hit $8.54bn at H1 2026, up 5.5% in last year

RenaissanceRe Capital Partners, the specialist third-party capital management division of the reinsurer, lifted its partnering investor capital managed across joint-venture reinsurance and insurance-linked securities strategies by around 5.5% over the last year, to end June 2026 with $8.54 billion o

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Aug 21, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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IRB (Re) renames special purpose insurer and LRS issuer Andrina, to become IRB (SSPE)

IRB (Re), the Brazilian reinsurance company, has renamed its special purpose insurer and issuer of Letra de Risco de Seguro, the local brand of insurance-linked securities, to align it with the group name, now becoming IRB (SSPE). IRB (Re) was the first sponsor of a structure under Brazil’s Sociedad

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Aug 21, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Returns drive investor appetite, third-party reinsurance capital increasingly important: AM Best

Solid returns generated by the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market in recent years have encouraged investors to maintain or increase their allocations, leading rating agency AM Best to highlight third-party reinsurance capital as an increasingly important part of global reinsurance capacity. As

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Aug 21, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
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Optimizing Gaussian process emulation and generalized additive model fitting for rapid, reproducible earth system model analysis

Optimizing Gaussian process emulation and generalized additive model fitting for rapid, reproducible earth system model analysis Kunal Ghosh and Leighton A. Regayre Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 7767–7785, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-7767-2026, 2026 Understanding which parts of climate models cause unc

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Aug 20, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
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Climate resilience starts with the health workforce - The Indian Express

Climate resilience starts with the health workforce The Indian Express

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Aug 20, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
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Climate adaptation as the next frontier for China - China Daily

Climate adaptation as the next frontier for China China Daily

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Aug 20, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
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Webinar: Climate Risks in Finance - Building Resilient Nordic Investments - The Nordic Co-operation

Webinar: Climate Risks in Finance - Building Resilient Nordic Investments The Nordic Co-operation

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Aug 20, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Vantage appoints Lucy Fato as General Counsel

Vantage Group Holdings Ltd. (Vantage), a specialty re/insurance business, has appointed Lucy Fato as its new General Counsel as the company moves into its next phase following its acquisition by Howard Hughes Holdings. In her new position, Fato will become part of Vantage’s leadership team and will

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Aug 20, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Cat bond yields indicate pricing normalisation rather than a structural shift: Euler ILS Partners

Catastrophe bond market yields may have declined over the last two years, but specialist Swiss insurance-linked securities investment manager Euler ILS Partners believes this is a normalisation, or a return to more historically normal pricing, rather than a structural shift in demand. The catastroph

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Aug 20, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Twelve Securis hires André Botma as ILS Portfolio Manager

Twelve Securis, the specialist catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has appointed André Botma as Portfolio Manager within its ILS Investment Management team. Botma’s appointment follows Twelve Securis’ recently announced transformation, which sees the firm combi

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Aug 20, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Artemis London 2026: 120+ organisations now attending. Who can you meet?

With now less than two weeks to go until our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, Artemis London 2026, here’s another update on who you can meet if you attend. If you want to join us for a full-day of in-depth ILS market discussion and valuable networking, y

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Aug 20, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Howden Re hires Matthew Overall as Managing Director, Retro

Global reinsurance broker Howden Re has hired Matthew Overall as Managing Director, Retro, in a London-based role, where he is expected to play a key role in the continued growth of the company’s global retrocession platform. Overall will begin his new position in 2027, following the completion of h

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Aug 20, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Hannover Re Capital Partners build-out continues, looking to broaden investor base

Hannover Re is continuing to build-out its Bermuda-based insurance-linked securities (ILS) platform Hannover Re Capital Partners in 2026, with funds deployed for partnering investors already, the team being strengthened and a goal to onboard more investors while establishing new structures to suppor

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Aug 20, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Allstate’s pre-tax cat losses for current aggregate year reach $2.402bn after July

A busy July in catastrophe loss terms from severe weather activity has resulted in US insurer Allstate reporting $682 million in pre-tax losses, which has lifted the total across the current annual aggregate risk period for its catastrophe bonds to $2.402 billion so far. It remains a relatively heav

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Aug 20, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
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Advancing the capabilities for efficient hurricane-centric simulations with the atmospheric model ICON

Advancing the capabilities for efficient hurricane-centric simulations with the atmospheric model ICON Fabian Senf and Roxana Cremer Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 7705–7723, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-7705-2026, 2026 Computer models for hurricane prediction are increasingly detailed but require large

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Aug 20, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
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AQUA v1.0.0: The Application for QUality Assessment for the Climate Change Adaptation Digital Twin – the core engine

AQUA v1.0.0: The Application for QUality Assessment for the Climate Change Adaptation Digital Twin – the core engine Matteo Nurisso, Jost von Hardenberg, Marco Cadau, Silvia Caprioli, Paolo Ghinassi, Supriyo Ghosh, Nikolay Koldunov, Natalia Nazarova, Maqsood Mubarak Rajput, Emanuele Tovazzi, and Pao

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Aug 20, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
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Code accessibility and code quality across phases of the models of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project

Code accessibility and code quality across phases of the models of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Michael García-Rodríguez, Javier Rodeiro-Iglesias, and Juan A. Añel Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 7687–7704, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-7687-2026, 2026 We studied how accessible and reliable th

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Aug 20, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
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GCAM-Europe v7.2.0: enhancing policy-relevant climate modelling through spatial and sectoral detail

GCAM-Europe v7.2.0: enhancing policy-relevant climate modelling through spatial and sectoral detail Jon Sampedro, Russell Horowitz, Clàudia Rodés-Bachs, Konstantinos Koasidis, and Dirk-Jan Van de Ven Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 7741–7766, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-7741-2026, 2026 GCAM-Europe is an

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Aug 20, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
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Using machine learning for the prediction of flood-related 112 calls

Using machine learning for the prediction of flood-related 112 calls Jordi Morales, Andreas Kaltenbrunner, Àgata Lapedriza, and Xavier Llort Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 3943–3967, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-3943-2026, 2026 In this work, we employ machine learning (ML) techniques to deve

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Aug 20, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
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Integrating flood-induced population movements into future fluvial flood damage estimates in Japan

Integrating flood-induced population movements into future fluvial flood damage estimates in Japan Hayata Yanagihara, So Kazama, Kei Gomi, Yusuke Hiraga, and Atsuya Ikemoto Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 3969–3986, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-3969-2026, 2026 Flooding can influence populatio

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Aug 19, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Hena Choi named Head of Casualty for Berkley Re Asia

Insurance holding company W. R. Berkley Corporation has appointed Hena Choi as the new Head of Casualty for Berkley Re Asia, based in Singapore. Choi has over two decades of experience across casualty underwriting, financial lines, and specialty products. She brings a wealth of expertise and leaders

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Aug 19, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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AM Best credits A- ratings to Ledgebrook Insurance Group insurers

AM Best has assigned an A- (Excellent) Financial Strength Rating and an “a-” (Excellent) Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to Ledgebrook Specialty Insurance Company and Stonehaven Specialty Insurance Company. Both Delaware-domiciled insurers form Ledgebrook Insurance Group (LIG), which is part of Ledge

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Aug 19, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Casualty insurance is moving towards property-level analytical maturity: Moody’s

Moody’s, a global provider of credit ratings, research and risk analytics, assesses that casualty insurance is at an earlier stage of analytical development than property catastrophe insurance, but is beginning to show some of the characteristics of a maturing analytical market. The US commercial ca

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Aug 19, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Munich Re agrees to acquire cyber insurtech At-Bay in $575m deal

Reinsurance industry giant Munich Re has agreed to acquire At-Bay, a US-based InsurSec provider offering cyber insurance and risk management services, for an enterprise value of $575 million, strengthening its position in the cyber market. Once the transaction is closed, which is expected in the fir

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Aug 19, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
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Roundup: UK pension fund wants a climate tipping points analysis - Green Central Banking

Roundup: UK pension fund wants a climate tipping points analysis Green Central Banking

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Aug 19, 2026 · Nature Climate Change
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A climate impact taxonomy operationalizing IPCC physical driver and risk concepts

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02717-7Adaptation to climate risks requires integrating knowledge across IPCC working groups. This study presents a climate impact taxonomy that connects climatic impact-drivers from Working Group I to representative key

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Aug 19, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
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The CMIP6-downscaled CORDEX-Southeast Asia (SEA) ensemble: evaluation and benchmarking for megacities of SEA

The CMIP6-downscaled CORDEX-Southeast Asia (SEA) ensemble: evaluation and benchmarking for megacities of SEA Phuong Loan Nguyen, Lisa V. Alexander, Thanh Ngo-Duc, Faye Cruz, Jerasorn Santisirisomboon, Liew Juneng, Donaldi S. Permana, Jing Xiang Chung, Julie Mae Dado, John L. McGregor, Grace Redmond,

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Aug 19, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
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Investigating metamodeling capability to predict sea levels and marine flooding maps for early-warning systems: application on the Arcachon Lagoon (France)

Investigating metamodeling capability to predict sea levels and marine flooding maps for early-warning systems: application on the Arcachon Lagoon (France) Sophie Lecacheux, Jeremy Rohmer, Eva Membrado, Rodrigo Pedreros, Andrea Filippini, Deborah Idier, Servane Gueben-Vénière, Denis Paradis, Alice D

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Aug 19, 2026 · Google News: Verisk
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Catastrophe Exposure Management: Taking More Ownership of the Risk - Verisk

Catastrophe Exposure Management: Taking More Ownership of the Risk Verisk

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Aug 18, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
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Could Climate Damage Become Europe’s Next Public Finance Crisis? - Modern Diplomacy

Could Climate Damage Become Europe’s Next Public Finance Crisis? Modern Diplomacy

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Aug 18, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
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How Investing in Women's Leadership Strengthens Climate Resilience - adb.org

How Investing in Women's Leadership Strengthens Climate Resilience adb.org

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Aug 18, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Alexander Reyes to succeed Allan Santos as President & CEO of Nat Re

The Board of Directors of National Reinsurance Corporation of the Philippines (Nat Re) has announced that President and CEO Allan R. Santos will retire on 1 October 2026, with Alexander L. Reyes appointed as his successor. Santos is retiring following nine years of dedicated leadership and service t

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Aug 18, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Conduit Re appoints Mark Pickering as its new CFO

Bermuda-based multi-line reinsurer Conduit Re’s ultimate parent company, Conduit Holdings, has announced the appointment of Mark Pickering, formerly of Aspen Insurance Holdings, to serve as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective November 30th, 2026. Pickering will take over the CFO role fr

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Aug 18, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Artemis London 2026: Two weeks until the conference. Get registered if you want to attend

There are just two weeks to go until our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, Artemis London 2026, which is being held on September 1st. If you want to join us for a full-day of in-depth ILS market discussion and valuable networking, you must register to att

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Aug 18, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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CatIQ raises Ontario & Quebec thunderstorm insured market loss estimate 17.5% to C$439m

CatIQ, Canada’s insured loss and exposure index provider, has raised its insurance industry loss estimate from the severe thunderstorm event that affected parts of southern Ontario and southern Quebec, between June 30th and July 3rd, 2026, to CAD $439 million, a 17.5% increase from the firm’s initia

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Aug 18, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Reinsurance competitive pressures to rise in 2027, discipline can keep returns attractive: AM Best

AM Best anticipates continued normalisation of reinsurance underwriting results through the rest of 2026 absent any major catastrophic losses, but anticipates competitive pressures will rise further next year as the market continues to build its capital base. The rating agency has explained that dis

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Aug 18, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Willis Re to acquire BMS Re, US including Capital Advisory

Willis Re, the reinsurance advisory and brokerage firm, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the US Reinsurance division of BMS Group (BMS Re, US). The deal includes BMS Intermediaries Inc., BMS Capital Advisory LLC, and BMS Re’s associated US reinsurance broking team based in London. It’s i

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Aug 18, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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W. R. Berkley cedes more premium to Lifson Re sidecar in H1’26, fee income rises to $5m

US-headquartered insurance holding firm, W. R. Berkley Corporation, reported higher premiums being ceded to its Lifson Re collateralized reinsurance sidecar for both the second-quarter and first-half of 2026, while the company also recognised more fee income being earned from the structure. Readers

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Aug 18, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Responsive parametric solutions can help on aggregate SCS exposure: Descartes

Given that both the intensity and frequency of severe convective storm (SCS) events continue to steadily rise, Descartes Underwriting has indicated that the use of highly-responsive parametric solutions can help address aggregated SCS exposure. In a new research report, Descartes Underwriting, the p

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Aug 18, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
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Implementing methane dynamics into the LPJmL6 model

Implementing methane dynamics into the LPJmL6 model Sibyll Schaphoff, David Hötten, Christoph Müller, Dieter Gerten, Sebastian Ostberg, and Werner von Bloh Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 7615–7651, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-7615-2026, 2026 Methane is a powerful driver of climate change, yet emissions

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Aug 18, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
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Potential glacier contributions to the 2024 La Bérarde flood

Potential glacier contributions to the 2024 La Bérarde flood Christophe Ogier, Mauro A. Werder, Olivier Gagliardini, Ilaria Santin, Raphael Moser, Romain Hugonnet, Antoine Blanc, and Daniel Farinotti Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 3901–3917, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-3901-2026, 2026 In Ju

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Aug 18, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
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Projecting changes in rainfall-induced landslide susceptibility across inhabited areas of China under climate change

Projecting changes in rainfall-induced landslide susceptibility across inhabited areas of China under climate change Jinqi Wang, Hao Fang, Kai Liu, Yi Yue, Ming Wang, Bohao Li, and Xiaoyi Miao Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 3881–3900, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-3881-2026, 2026 This study a

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Aug 18, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
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How investing in women's leadership strengthens climate resilience - PreventionWeb.net

How investing in women's leadership strengthens climate resilience PreventionWeb.net

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Aug 17, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Relation Insurance appoints Julio Bermudez to lead private equity and transactional risk unit

Relation Insurance Services, an insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has appointed Julio Bermudez as Practice Leader, Private Equity, Transactional Risk and Financial Institutions. Bermudez brings more than 30 years of experience advising private equity firms, financial institutions and por

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Aug 17, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Kin Q2’26 revenue increases to $68m

Kin, the direct-to-consumer provider of insurance and home finance solutions for homeowners, has announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2026, reporting total revenue of $68 million and gross written premiums of $218.9 million. Comparably, for Q2 2025 the firm reported total revenu

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Aug 17, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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ABIR names new Treasurer and Finance Committee members

The Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR), the trade association representing Bermuda’s insurance and reinsurance sector, has appointed Elizabeth Breeze as its new Treasurer. Breeze, who serves as Head of Hiscox Capital Partners, joined Hiscox in 2012 and took on her current position

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Aug 17, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Best of Artemis, week ending August 16th 2026

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending August 16th 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 pub

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Aug 17, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Fermat Capital Management launches Cat Bond PIE Fund for New Zealand investors

Fermat Capital Management has launched a new strategy specifically for investors in New Zealand, with the Fermat Cat Bond PIE Fund becoming the first cat bond fund structured in the tax efficient Portfolio Investment Entities format. In recent year’s, the specialist catastrophe bond and insurance-li

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Aug 17, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
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Comprehensive inter-comparison of generative AI models for super-resolution precipitation downscaling across hydroclimatic regimes

Comprehensive inter-comparison of generative AI models for super-resolution precipitation downscaling across hydroclimatic regimes Shivam Singh, Simon Michael Papalexiou, Hebatallah M. Abdelmoaty, Tom Hartvigsen, and Antonios Mamalakis Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 7545–7567, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-1

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Aug 17, 2026 · Earth System Dynamics (ESD)
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Exploring divergent long-term stratospheric aerosol injection scenarios with the G2-SAI and ARISE-hybrid experiments

Exploring divergent long-term stratospheric aerosol injection scenarios with the G2-SAI and ARISE-hybrid experiments Walker Raymond Lee, Simone Tilmes, and Ewa M. Bednarz Earth Syst. Dynam., 17, 1117–1134, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-17-1117-2026, 2026 We present climate model simulation of stratosp

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Aug 17, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
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Revealing the structure of heavy precipitation events: a spatio-temporal wavelet approach

Revealing the structure of heavy precipitation events: a spatio-temporal wavelet approach Svenja Szemkus, Sebastian Buschow, and Petra Friederichs Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 3863–3879, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-3863-2026, 2026 The impact of heavy rainfall is determined not only by the

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Aug 17, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
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Regional modeling of the impacts of tidal flooding in the context of average sea level rise in low-lying areas of Brazil's semi-arid coast

Regional modeling of the impacts of tidal flooding in the context of average sea level rise in low-lying areas of Brazil's semi-arid coast Thiago Cavalcante Lins Silva, Marco Túlio Mendonça Diniz, Paulo Victor do Nascimento Araújo, José Yure Gomes dos Santos, Bruno Ferreira, and Jucielho Pedro da Si

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Aug 15, 2026 · Google News: Swiss Re
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Shine 2027: Swiss Re Foundation Opens Applications for Early-Stage Urban Climate Innovation Ventures with Grant Funding - Global South Opportunities

Shine 2027: Swiss Re Foundation Opens Applications for Early-Stage Urban Climate Innovation Ventures with Grant Funding Global South Opportunities

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Aug 14, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
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African Development Bank Group to advance Africa's land restoration and drought resilience agenda at UNCCD COP17 - African Development Bank Group

African Development Bank Group to advance Africa's land restoration and drought resilience agenda at UNCCD COP17 African Development Bank Group

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Aug 14, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Talanx raises 2026 profit outlook after strong first-half net income of €1.5bn

Talanx Group, a major German financial services and insurance company, has announced its financial results for the first half of 2026, reporting a record-breaking net income of EUR 1.499 billion. Profit growth was observed in all divisions, with Primary Insurance contributing 52% to Group net income

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Aug 14, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Milliman appoints Jim Fulton as next CEO

Milliman, Inc., a global actuarial and consulting firm, has announced that Jim Fulton will become its next Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Fulton has served as Milliman’s Chief Financial Officer since 2015, where he has played a role in the firm’s organic growth and mergers and acquisitions strategy.

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Aug 14, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Aviva H1’26 operating profit exceeds £1.3bn as GI premiums increase 29%

British insurer Aviva has announced its financial results for the first half of 2026, reporting Group operating profit of £1.326 billion, up 24% from £1.068 billion in H1 2025. Total general insurance (GI) premiums increased 29% to £8.093 billion, up from £6.29 billion reported for the same period l

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Aug 14, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
Parametric Insurance

AIG launches parametric cloud outage insurance working with Parametrix

Global insurer AIG has expanded its cyber offering with the launch of a new parametric cloud outage solution developed in partnership with Parametrix, a provider of digital infrastructure insurance solutions. According to the announcement, the solution will provide clients with an additional layer o

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Aug 14, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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US severe convective storm (SCS) industry losses exceed $35bn in 2026 so far: Gallagher Re

According to reinsurance broker Gallagher Re, year-to-date industry losses from US severe convective storms in 2026 have accelerated and climbed above $35 billion, as the peril’s quieter start to the opening months of the year have since given way to prolific activity. The broker has recently publis

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Aug 14, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Bermuda Stock Exchange market share grows, with now $70.5bn cat bond and ILS listings

The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) continued to grow its market share of catastrophe bonds and other insurance-linked securities (ILS) in the second-quarter of 2026, ending the period with a record-high $70.5 billion of ILS related listings on the exchange. It represents continued growth in the total

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Aug 14, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Lala takes aim at Hawaii, could become first US hurricane landfall of 2026

Tropical storm Lala in the central Pacific could make the first United States hurricane landfall of 2026 this weekend, as the storm is forecast to intensify and has the Big Island of Hawaii in its sights. Tropical storm Lala was named on Thursday and immediately a hurricane watch was raised by the N

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Aug 14, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
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Modeling the combined effects of the 2023 Türkiye–Syria earthquake and an Atmospheric River event on landslide hazard

Modeling the combined effects of the 2023 Türkiye–Syria earthquake and an Atmospheric River event on landslide hazard Hunter N. Jimenez, Erkan Istanbulluoglu, Tolga Gorum, Thomas A. Stanley, Pukar M. Amatya, Hakan Tanyas, Mehmet C. Demirel, Aykut Akgun, and Deniz Bozkurt Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci

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Aug 13, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Suncorp’s exec leadership changes to set insurer for next phase of strategy

Australian insurer Suncorp Group has announced a number of changes to its executive leadership team, including the appointment of Bridget Messer as Chief Executive Customer, Brand and Digital, a newly created role. Currently serving as Chief Risk Officer, Messer’s new position unites the existing br

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Aug 13, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Axle secures $17.5m Series A as insurtech company expands automated platform

Axle, a technology company developing an AI-native clearinghouse for the insurance industry, has raised USD $17.5 million in Series A funding as it expands its platform for automating insurance verification and policy-related processes. The funding round was led by Base10 Partners, with further inve

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Aug 13, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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HIVE Underwriters strengthens cargo division

Independent specialty MGA HIVE Underwriters has announced the appointment of Polly Mays as Head of Cargo, bringing a decade of experience in the cargo insurance market, and extensive expertise across cargo, stock throughput, excess stock and project cargo risks. Joining from Sompo, Mays has establis

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Aug 13, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Pelagos GWP rises more than 6% for Q2’26 to $1.3bn

Pelagos Insurance Capital Limited, formerly known as Fidelis Insurance Holdings Limited, recorded group-wide gross written premiums (GWP) growth of 6.4% and 6.6% to USD 1.3 billion and USD 3.1 billion for the second quarter and first half of 2026, respectively. For Q2’26, the combined ratio improved

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Aug 13, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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CatIQ finalises loss estimate for Hurricane Debby floods in Ontario & Quebec at C$2.80bn

CatIQ, the Toronto-based independent catastrophe insurance data provider, has published a final insurance industry loss estimate of CAD $2.80 billion from the severe flooding generated by the remnants of Hurricane Debby that impacted Ontario and Quebec between August 9th and 10th, 2024. CatIQ’s sixt

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Aug 13, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Artemis London 2026: The full conference agenda is now available. Register soon

The full agenda with speaker allocation to panels is now available for our upcoming catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, Artemis London 2026. If you want to join us on September 1st, for a full-day of in-depth ILS market discussion and valuable networking you mus

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Aug 13, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
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SDMBCv2 (v1.0): correcting systematic biases in RCM inputs for future projection

SDMBCv2 (v1.0): correcting systematic biases in RCM inputs for future projection Youngil Kim and Jason P. Evans Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 7457–7477, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-7457-2026, 2026 Climate models used to study future climate often contain systematic errors that affect high-resolution si

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Aug 13, 2026 · Google News: Swiss Re
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Calculating Climate Risks More Accurately: SAS and Swiss Re Join Forces - organisator.ch

Calculating Climate Risks More Accurately: SAS and Swiss Re Join Forces organisator.ch

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Aug 13, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
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Attribution of the record breaking 2025 European fire season to climate change

Attribution of the record breaking 2025 European fire season to climate change Theodore R. Keeping, Mariam Zachariah, Olivia Haas, Manolis Grillakis, Clair Barnes, Gareth D. Clay, Bikem Ekberzade, Orjeta Jaupaj, Andreia Ribeiro, Ricardo Trigo, Apostolos Voulgarakis, and Friederike E. L. Otto Nat. Ha

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Aug 12, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
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The Government of Canada invests $34.2 million to support climate resilience - canada.ca

The Government of Canada invests $34.2 million to support climate resilience canada.ca

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Aug 12, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation & Resilience
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How Corporate India Is Investing In Climate & Environmental Resilience - timesofindia.indiatimes.com

How Corporate India Is Investing In Climate & Environmental Resilience timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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Aug 12, 2026 · Google News: Verisk
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Here's Why You Should Retain VRSK Stock in Your Portfolio Now - TradingView

Here's Why You Should Retain VRSK Stock in Your Portfolio Now TradingView

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Aug 12, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Amynta to acquire agricultural industry specialist MGU Southern States Underwriters

Insurance services provider Amynta Group has agreed to acquire Southern States Underwriters and SSC Insurance Agency (collectively, Southern States Underwriters), the insurance operations of Southern States Cooperative, Inc. While the financial details of the agreement remain undisclosed, the closin

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Aug 12, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Norman joins Gallagher Re as Divisional Director within its Facultative team

Gallagher Re, a global reinsurance brokerage and advisory firm, has announced the appointment of Jenna Norman as Divisional Director, Fac. Norman brings extensive expertise in Facultative property broking, specialising in Facultative property broking, working extensively on complex property reinsura

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Aug 12, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Hannover Re still finding growth in property cat, expects price reductions to decelerate: Althoff

Hannover Re acknowledges reinsurance pricing is declining fastest in property catastrophe risks, but the company continues to find some growth opportunities here and expects price reductions will begin to decelerate now that rates have come down for two consecutive years, Sven Althoff said today. Al

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Aug 12, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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BSX streamlines listings for previously approved insurance-linked securities (ILS) programmes

The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) continues to optimise its process for listing new insurance-linked securities (ILS), with a streamlining announced that will allow for guaranteed next day listings, with same day possible in certain cases, for previously approved insurance-linked securities (ILS) pro

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Aug 12, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Global data centre insurance market projected to exceed $24bn by 2030: Allianz Commercial

The global data centre insurance market is projected to grow from currently around US $11 billion to more than $24 billion by 2030, which comes as the market continues to drive an influx of infrastructure risks and opportunities, according to Allianz Commercial, the commercial insurance business of

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Aug 12, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Arch net property cat premiums fell 27% in H1. CEO says more risk ceded to third-party capital

Over the first-half of 2026, Bermuda headquartered re/insurer Arch Capital reported a 27% reduction in net property catastrophe reinsurance premiums, while its senior executives noted higher cessions to reinsurance (likely retro) and third-party capital providers. For the first-half of 2026, propert

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Aug 12, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
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Can aerosols improve urban flood forecasting? A case study of 2015 Chennai extreme event

Can aerosols improve urban flood forecasting? A case study of 2015 Chennai extreme event Oscar Paul, N. Nithila Devi, Rakesh Teja Konduru, Soumendra Nath Kuiry, Kundan Lal Shrestha, and Chandan Sarangi Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 3749–3759, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-3749-2026, 2026 Des

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Aug 12, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
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Minister Dabrusin announces 141 new projects to help protect 128 communities from climate risks - canada.ca

Minister Dabrusin announces 141 new projects to help protect 128 communities from climate risks canada.ca

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Aug 11, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Swiss Re appoints Andreas Schäfli as Head Multiline

Swiss Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurance companies, has named Andreas Schäfli, who most recently served as Head of P&C Legacy, as Head of Multiline. Schäfli joined Swiss Re in 2007 and has since held various roles, ranging from pricing L&H treaties for the Middle East and P&C commutations fo

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Aug 11, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Climate-driven SCS to reshape how insurers price risk: First Street

Severe convective storms (hail, damaging wind, and tornadoes) have become the costliest insured peril of the 21st century, reshaping how insurers, investors, and asset owners price risk, new First Street analysis reveals. In 2025, SCS generated approximately $82 billion in global economic losses, wh

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Aug 11, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Nicklin succeeds Lees as Chubb’s Head of Major Accounts Division for UK&I

Global property and casualty insurer Chubb has announced the appointment of Ed Nicklin as Head of Major Accounts Division for UK and Ireland (UK&I), succeeding Nick Lee. Having joined Chubb following a decade with ACE European Group, Lee led the Major Accounts Division for UK&I, for over six years,

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Aug 11, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Christopher O’Connor named Head of Professional Liability and Cyber, North America at AIG

Christopher O’Connor has been appointed Head of Professional Liability and Cyber, North America at AIG. As Reinsurance News understands, this is an internal promotion, with O’Connor having been with AIG for over 15 years. He joined AIG in November 2010 as an Underwriting Analyst, before going on to

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Aug 11, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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MS First Capital begins reinsurance operations from India’s GIFT City

Singapore headquartered non-life insurer, MS First Capital Insurance Limited, commenced reinsurance operations from its new office in India’s Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) on July 29th, 2026. Founded more than 75 years ago as The Public Insurance Company Limited, the insurer has

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Aug 11, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Catastrophe bond seasonal spread tightening gains momentum in July: Plenum

Seasonal tightening of catastrophe bond spreads accelerated in the month of July 2026, resulting in the catastrophe bond market yield or coupon available to investors declining to 9.29% by the end of the month, according to the latest data on cat bond yields from Plenum Investments. A month ago, sea

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Aug 11, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Artemis London 2026: More expert speakers. Please register soon if you want to attend

With just a few weeks until our next catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, we have added three more expert speakers to the Artemis London 2026 website today. You must register soon to attend and join us on September 1st, for a full-day of in-depth ILS market discu

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Aug 11, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
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Brief communication: Atmospheric moisture and near-surface temperature anomalies: key drivers in the 2022 European mega-drought

Brief communication: Atmospheric moisture and near-surface temperature anomalies: key drivers in the 2022 European mega-drought José C. Fernández-Alvarez, Raquel Nieto, Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano, David Carvalho, and Luis Gimeno Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 3741–3748, https://doi.org/10.5194/nh

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Aug 10, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Markel Insurance names Nguyen as Managing Director, Specialty for London Market

Markel Insurance, the insurance operation within Markel Group Inc., has appointed Doan Nguyen as Managing Director of Specialty of London Market operation, effective immediately. Nguyen succeeds Tom Hillier, who was appointed Chief Underwriting Officer for Markel International earlier this year. She

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Aug 10, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Starwind Specialty expands private client offering with new underwriting platform

Starwind Specialty, a North American programme management company and one of the region’s largest programme management operations, has introduced Starwind Private Client, a dedicated underwriting platform focused on the insurance needs of high-net-worth individuals and families undertaking complex r

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Aug 10, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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DAC Beachcroft expands Cyber team with three new partners

International law firm DAC Beachcroft has bolstered its Cyber and Data Risk practice with the appointment of three specialist cyber partners: Richard Breavington, Rachel Ford, and Daniel Guilfoyle. The trio joins from RPC where they were partners in its Cyber & Technology Insurance team, led by Brea

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Aug 10, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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REVO submits binding offer to acquire Eurocaution in planned Benelux expansion

REVO Insurance S.p.A., an Italian speciality non-life insurer, has announced the submission of a binding offer to acquire Luxembourg-based Eurocaution S.A. in a transaction valued at up to €22 million. Eurocaution specialises in insurance intermediation and surety underwriting, operating across Luxe

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Aug 10, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Accredited selects Hellenic Hull as first dedicated ocean marine MGA partner

Accredited Insurance (Europe) Limited (Accredited) and Hellenic Hull Management (HM Insurance Agencies) Ltd (Hellenic Hull) have entered into a delegated authority partnership covering Hull & Machinery, ancillary marine risks and Marine Cargo. Hellenic Hull is a marine insurance management company s

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Aug 10, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Kingstone reports record net income of $15.5m in Q2’26

Kingstone has announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2026, reporting net income of $15.5 million, the “most profitable quarter in the company’s history,” according to President & CEO, Meryl Golden. Net premiums earned rose 30.8% as premiums from Kingstone’s reduced quota share con

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Aug 10, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Dedicated reinsurance capital expected to hit record $705bn in 2026: AM Best & Guy Carpenter

Dedicated reinsurance capital is expected to increase further in 2026, as reinsurers continue to benefit from underwriting profits, investment returns and growing participation from third-party capital, according to AM Best, the global insurance credit rating agency, and reinsurance broker Guy Carpe

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Aug 10, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Augment Risk names Cripps as group head of growth and broking

Reinsurance and capital solutions broker Augment Risk has announced the appointment of Kurt Cripps as group head of growth and broking, a newly created role, effective immediately. In his new position, Cripps has been tasked with driving the firm’s commercial strategy by identifying and executing ke

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Aug 10, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Radian reports 93% revenue hike for Q2’26, Specialty premiums hit $504m

Radian Group Inc., a global multi-line specialty insurer, has reported a total revenue hike of 93% to USD 575 million for the second quarter of 2026, as net premiums earned rose by USD 100 million to USD 504 million, of which 53%, or USD 267 million came from the Specialty segment following the firm

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Aug 10, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Kestrel Group sees $6.7m total revenues in Q2’26

Kestrel Group, a specialty insurance and reinsurance platform, has announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2026, reporting $6.7 million in total revenues despite seeing a net loss of $8.1 million. Q2 2026 revenues were up compared to the $5.5 million reported in Q2 2025. The quarte

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Aug 10, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Canopius appoints Greg Kuchinski as US CUO

Canopius Group, a global specialty and P&C re/insurer, has announced the appointment of Greg Kuchinski as US Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), effective 9 September 2026. Based in New York, Kuchinski will report to Sam Harrison, CUO at Canopius Group, and incoming Canopius US CEO Nadine Moore. He wi

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Aug 10, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Munich Re CEO says P&C demand will continue to rise as market moves towards balance

Christoph Jurecka, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Munich Re, one of the world’s largest global reinsurance companies, has said he expects demand for property and casualty (P&C) reinsurance to continue growing over the medium to long term, supported by rising levels of uninsured risk, emerging expo

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Aug 10, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Third-party reinsurance capital projected for 6% growth to $130bn in 2026: AM Best & GC

Third-party capital in reinsurance, deployed through alternative capital vehicles, catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities, is projected to grow roughly 6% over the course of this year, to end 2026 around a record $130 billion level, according to the latest data from AM Best and Guy Carpen

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Aug 10, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Reinsurance inflection – Key question is whether irrational competition emerges: AM Best

The global reinsurance market is at an inflection point after consecutive strong year’s of underwriting returns have driven robust capital generation, while inflows continue to grow the insurance-linked securities market and alternative forms of capacity, which leads AM Best to call this an inflecti

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Aug 10, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Strong July boosts UCITS catastrophe bond fund returns, but 12-month drops below 10%

Catastrophe bond fund strategies in the UCITS format saw performance accelerate through recent weeks as seasonality boosted returns, but the 12-month rolling return average across the Plenum CAT Bond UCITS Fund Indices has now declined to just under 10% for the first time this year. The average retu

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Aug 10, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Hiscox Capital Partners hires Spanos as Senior ILS Actuary

Hiscox Capital Partners, the division of Hiscox Re that encompasses insurance-linked securities (ILS) investments and quota-share partnerships, has appointed Charalambos (Harry) Spanos as a Senior ILS Actuary. Earlier this year, Hiscox Re, the reinsurance division of Hiscox Group launched Hiscox Cap

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Aug 10, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Sidecar evolution driven by asset-side mechanics and valuation discipline: Kroll

As reinsurance sidecars increasingly expand into longer-tailed lines of business, the risk profile of these structures is shifting from traditional underwriting toward asset-side management. According to executives at financial and risk advisory firm Kroll, navigating this momentum requires strict a

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Aug 10, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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White Mountains gets $222m capital return from Ark’s Outrigger Re sidecar

While White Mountains elected not to invest capital into the Outrigger Re collateralized reinsurance sidecar, which supports its P&C insurance and reinsurance subsidiary Ark, for the 2026 underwriting year, the vehicle continues to serve as a major driver of cash flow, returning substantial capital

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Aug 10, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
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Climate-resilient infrastructure: lessons from Japan - The World Economic Forum

Climate-resilient infrastructure: lessons from Japan The World Economic Forum

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Aug 10, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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AXA XL Re appoints two Senior Underwriters to Marine & Energy team

AXA XL Reinsurance, part of AXA XL, the property, casualty and specialty risk division of global insurance group AXA, has appointed Stephen Barnard and Callum Higgins as Senior Underwriters in its Marine & Energy Reinsurance team. Barnard officially joined AXA XL Re on 10 August 2026, bringing 12 ye

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Aug 10, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Acies MGU expands into marine insurance with launch of TEDmar International

Acies MGU (Acies), a technology and data-driven managing general underwriter (MGU) specialising in the creation and management of niche insurance businesses, has announced its expansion into the marine insurance sector through the launch of TEDmar International (TEDmar), a managing general agent ded

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Aug 10, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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FurtherAI hires Zachary Hirsch as SVP of Sales

FurtherAI, an insurance AI platform, has announced the appointment of Zachary Hirsch as Senior Vice President of Sales. The company’s AI agents automate complex workflows across submissions, underwriting, policy administration, audits, and claims, enabling insurance professionals to spend more time

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Aug 10, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Swiss Re appoints Damien Bartlett and Karen Tan to L&H leadership roles

Global reinsurer Swiss Re has announced the appointments of Damien Bartlett as Head of Market Unit Life & Health UK and Ireland and Middle East and Africa, and Karen Tan as Chief Underwriting Officer for L&H Re. Effective 1 November 2026, Bartlett will succeed Tamas Bown, who has taken on the role o

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Aug 10, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Best of Artemis, week ending August 9th 2026

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending August 9th 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 publ

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Aug 10, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
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Federal Govt Seeks New Financing To Close Nigeria’s Climate Adaptation Gap - LEADERSHIP Newspapers

Federal Govt Seeks New Financing To Close Nigeria’s Climate Adaptation Gap LEADERSHIP Newspapers

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Aug 10, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
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Nigeria Seeks Private Investment, Partnerships to Close Climate Adaptation Gap - thisdaylive.com

Nigeria Seeks Private Investment, Partnerships to Close Climate Adaptation Gap thisdaylive.com

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Aug 10, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
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Mintoo calls for long-term financing to tackle climate impacts - Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)

Mintoo calls for long-term financing to tackle climate impacts Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)

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Aug 10, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
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Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change calls for increased ADB cooperation in environmental conservation and climate-resilient development - businessinbangladesh.com.bd

Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change calls for increased ADB cooperation in environmental conservation and climate-resilient development businessinbangladesh.com.bd

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Aug 10, 2026 · Google News: MSCI
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Weekly Recap: Aug 2026 index review results and First Street acquisition - TradingView

Weekly Recap: Aug 2026 index review results and First Street acquisition TradingView

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Aug 8, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Berkshire Hathaway P&C reinsurance boosted by Tokio Marine deal, as property volumes fall

Berkshire Hathaway, the American multinational conglomerate holding company, reported that its recently entered into whole account quota share reinsurance agreement with Tokio Marine boosted premium volumes in the second-quarter, which otherwise would have fallen primarily due to lower property unde

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Aug 7, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Cytora and Octave partner to strengthen AI-powered operations for MGAs

Cytora, a UK insurance technology company that develops digital risk processing software for insurers, brokers and managing general agents (MGAs), has entered into a strategic partnership with Octave Specialty Group, a specialty insurance platform that invests in, acquires and grows MGAs. As part of

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Aug 7, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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HCI Group net income rises 19% to $83m in Q2’26

HCI Group, Inc., a Tampa-based insurance holding company, has reported net income of $83 million in the second quarter of 2026, up 18.6% from $70 million in the same period a year earlier. In the quarter, the company posted pre-tax income of $111 million, up 18% from $94 million in Q2’25. Net income

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Aug 7, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Amwins Global Risks broadens global renewable energy catastrophe facility and raises capacity to $50m

Amwins Global Risks, the specialist wholesale insurance broking business of Amwins, has expanded its specialist natural catastrophe facility for renewable energy projects, increasing available capacity to USD $50 million per placement while extending both the range of covered perils and its global a

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Aug 7, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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Octave Specialty grows Q2’26 revenue 51% as underwriting performance improves

Octave Specialty Group, a US-listed global specialty insurance company operating across insurance distribution and specialty property and casualty insurance, reported improved second-quarter 2026 results, supported by stronger underwriting performance at its Everspan insurance business and continued

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Aug 7, 2026 · Reinsurance News
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ALIRT reveals contrasting residual property insurance trends across four high-risk US states

ALIRT Insurance Research, a US insurance research and analytics firm focused on the property and casualty sector, has released a new report highlighting widening differences in the performance of residual property insurance markets across California, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. The company says t

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Aug 7, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Munich Re pulls-back at July, says prices, T&Cs can be “largely upheld” at Jan 2027 renewals

Munich Re, the reinsurance giant, said that it systematically opted not to renew certain business at the mid-year renewals particularly in property excess-of-loss, but the company forecasts favourable prices, as well as terms and conditions, can be “largely upheld” at the next significant renewal ro

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Aug 7, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Munich Re CFO: Retro optional, no current need for cat bonds. We underwrite to keep the risk

Speaking this morning during an earnings call, Munich Re’s CFO Andrew Buchanan gave the clearest explanation for why the global reinsurance company has reduced its retrocessional protection considerably, saying the company puts the effort into underwriting so it can keep the risk and has the financi

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Aug 7, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Colombia secures parametric insurance for smallholder farmers, assisted by IDF, UNDP, BMZ

The Colombian government has contracted five parametric agricultural insurance policies to provide smallholder farmers with coverage against drought and excess rainfall, utilising a solution developed by the Insurance Development Forum (IDF), UNDP, and Germany’s BMZ via the InsuResilience Solutions

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Aug 7, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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TSR lowers hurricane season forecast as sub-tropical Atlantic looking less favourable

Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) has now lowered its forecast for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season at an update today, citing “conditions in the sub-tropical Atlantic looking less favourable than as appeared to be a month ago.” Recall that, in its April forecast, Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) lowered its pre

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Aug 7, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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ILS and alt capital remains disciplined amid record cat bond market growth: J.P. Morgan

A new report from analysts at J.P. Morgan has suggested that while the catastrophe bond market has witnessed exceptional growth in 2026, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and alternative capital are looking more disciplined, exhibiting few of the undisciplined behaviours witnessed in the last soft m

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Aug 7, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Twelve Securis combining cat bond and private ILS management teams, as Schwartz to depart

Twelve Securis is combining its catastrophe bond and private ILS focused investment teams, to consolidate and optimise its approach to managing dedicated strategies and blended portfolios, while at the same time the firm also stated that long-standing senior employee Etienne Schwartz is departing th

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Aug 7, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
Climate Modelling

Storm surge dynamics in the northern Adriatic Sea: comparing AI emulators with high-resolution numerical simulations

Storm surge dynamics in the northern Adriatic Sea: comparing AI emulators with high-resolution numerical simulations Rodrigo Campos-Caba, Paula Camus, Andrea Mazzino, Michalis Vousdoukas, Massimo Tondello, Ivan Federico, Salvatore Causio, and Lorenzo Mentaschi Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 3683

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Aug 7, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
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Drivers of flash flood frequency and intensity in the United States: a quantitative analysis of hydrometeorological interactions

Drivers of flash flood frequency and intensity in the United States: a quantitative analysis of hydrometeorological interactions Ying Hu, Huan Wu, Yiwen Mei, Zhijun Huang, Aihui Wang, Chaoqun Li, and Bing Sui Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 3667–3682, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-3667-2026, 2

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Aug 6, 2026 · Artemis.bm (ILS & Parametric)
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Artemis London 2026: Agenda outline, topics and timings for the conference

Today we are delighted to reveal the agenda outline, session topics and timings for our fast-approaching catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, Artemis London 2026. Join us on September 1st for a full-day of in-depth ILS market discussion and valuable networking. R

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Aug 6, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
Climate Modelling

SPIN (v1.0): A spontaneous synthetic tropical cyclone model empowered by NeuralGCM for hazard assessment

SPIN (v1.0): A spontaneous synthetic tropical cyclone model empowered by NeuralGCM for hazard assessment Yurong Gao and Dazhi Xi Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 7303–7323, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-7303-2026, 2026 Artificial intelligence offers a new way to assess tropical cyclone hazards. We developed

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Aug 6, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
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A Sample Grant Proposal ”Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Adaptation” - fundsforNGOs

A Sample Grant Proposal ”Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Adaptation” fundsforNGOs

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Aug 4, 2026 · Carbon Brief
Adaptation & Sustainability

Factcheck: How nuclear, gas, wind and solar power are affected during heatwaves

Heatwaves are becoming more likely and more intense due to climate change, impacting sources of power generation around the world… The post Factcheck: How nuclear, gas, wind and solar power are affected during heatwaves appeared first on Carbon Brief.

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Aug 4, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
Climate Modelling

New classes of climate model emulators to improve paleoclimate reconstructions

New classes of climate model emulators to improve paleoclimate reconstructions Auguste Gaudin and Myriam Khodri Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 7135–7167, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-7135-2026, 2026 Reconstructing past climate variability requires computationally efficient models able to capture the beha

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Aug 4, 2026 · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS)
Climate Modelling

Drought propagation and ecosystem resilience in a peri-urban catchment of Berlin-Brandenburg

Drought propagation and ecosystem resilience in a peri-urban catchment of Berlin-Brandenburg Polina Franke, Aryan Goswami, and Márk Somogyvári Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 3617–3635, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-3617-2026, 2026 Droughts are intensifying due to climate change, impacting wat

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Aug 3, 2026 · Geoscientific Model Development (GMD)
Climate Modelling

Precipitation nowcasting based on convolutional LSTM with spatio-temporal information transformation using multi-meteorological factors

Precipitation nowcasting based on convolutional LSTM with spatio-temporal information transformation using multi-meteorological factors Dufu Liu, Feihu Huang, Peng Zheng, Xiaomeng Huang, Xi Wu, Xia Yuan, Jiafeng Zheng, Xiaojie Li, and Jing Hu Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 7089–7110, https://doi.org/10.519

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Aug 3, 2026 · Google News: MSCI
Physical Risk Service Providers

MSCI Completes First Street Acquisition to Expand Climate Risk Analytics Platform - citybiz

MSCI Completes First Street Acquisition to Expand Climate Risk Analytics Platform citybiz

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Aug 3, 2026 · Google News: MSCI
Physical Risk Service Providers

MSCI completes acquisition of climate risk data firm First Street By Investing.com - Investing.com Canada

MSCI completes acquisition of climate risk data firm First Street By Investing.com Investing.com Canada

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Aug 3, 2026 · Google News: MSCI
Physical Risk Service Providers

First Street's Climate Data Covers More Than 2.4B Structures - Stock Titan

First Street's Climate Data Covers More Than 2.4B Structures Stock Titan

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Aug 3, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
Adaptation & Sustainability

How America is adapting to climate extremes - Axios

How America is adapting to climate extremes Axios

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Aug 3, 2026 · Google News: MSCI
Physical Risk Service Providers

MSCI completes acquisition of climate risk data firm First Street - Investing.com

MSCI completes acquisition of climate risk data firm First Street Investing.com

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Aug 1, 2026 · Google News: Adaptation Policy
Adaptation & Sustainability

Building for 131°F: Europe races to protect its infrastructure from a ‘quiet catastrophe’ - CNBC

Building for 131°F: Europe races to protect its infrastructure from a ‘quiet catastrophe’ CNBC

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