Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending April 13th 2025, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics. To ensure you never miss a thing subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates or get our email alerts for every article we publish.
Ten most read articles on Artemis.bm, week ending April 13th 2025:
- Tropical Storm Risk forecast calls for 2 landfalling US hurricanes in 2025 season
Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) has released its April forecast update for the upcoming 2025 Atlantic hurricane season and lowered the number of named storms it calls for by one, but also provides its guidance for landfalling storms, saying that it forecasts there could be 2 hurricane landfalls in the United States this year. - No cat bond “dash for cash” seen as investors navigate financial market turmoil
As fear engulfs financial markets across the world in the wake of US tariff announcements and the resulting stock market declines, despite institutions like the Bank of England expressing concern about an awakening of the basis trade and some reports of hedge funds selling assets to pay margin calls, at this time sources say the catastrophe bond market remains resilient and calm. - Fermat Capital Management not given advance notice of GAM partnership termination
Fermat Capital Management, the specialist catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has told Artemis that the firm was not consulted on the termination of its investment management partnership with GAM. - Swiss Re takes on co-management of GAM’s catastrophe bond and ILS fund range
Swiss Re Insurance-Linked Investment Advisors Corporation (SRILIAC), a registered investment adviser subsidiary of global reinsurance company Swiss Re, is taking on co-investment management duties for the range of catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds offered by global asset manager GAM. - Fidelis Partnership hires Erik Manning as Head of Ceded Reinsurance
The Fidelis Partnership (TFP) a privately owned, Bermuda-domiciled managing general underwriter, has appointed reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) veteran Erik Manning from BMS Re as Head of Ceded Reinsurance. - Tangency Capital grows AUM to $2.3bn, sees continued growth in demand
Tangency Capital Ltd., an investment manager in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space with a focus on reinsurance quota share instruments, has expanded its assets under management to $2.3 billion in 2025 and is seeing continued demand from its reinsurer counterparts, according to COO Dominik Hagedorn. - Peak Re adds China / India parametric quake to second Black Kite Re catastrophe bond
Hong Kong headquartered global reinsurance company Peak Re is back in the catastrophe bond market, with a target to secure $50 million or more in retrocession from this Black Kite Re Limited (Series 2025-1)issuance across a broader range of perils than its first cat bond covered. - UCITS catastrophe bond funds grew 11% to record-high $15.3bn AUM in Q1 2025
Catastrophe bond funds in the UCITS format accelerated their growth in the first-quarter of 2025, with cat bond assets under management across the now seventeen UCITS cat bond fund strategies growing 11% to reach a new record-high of just under $15.3 billion. - Florida Citizens sets $975m initial target for Everglades Re II 2025-1 cat bond
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation is back with a significant initial target to secure at least $975 million in named storm reinsurance protection from a new Everglades Re II Ltd. (Series 2025-1) catastrophe bond, as Florida’s property insurer of last resort looks to expand the capital markets participation in its reinsurance tower this year. - “Nothing is off the agenda” with GAM & Swiss Re cat bond and ILS partnership
Having announced a new partnership that sees reinsurer Swiss Re becoming co-manager of the GAM Investments operated and distributed catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds, executives told us that “nothing is off the agenda” and they see an opportunity to expand the range of ILS products offered.
This is not every article published on Artemis during the last week, just the most popular among our readers over the last seven days. There were 36 new articles published in the last week.
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