JBA launches enhanced global flood model featuring improved exposure disaggregation
Flood specialist JBA Risk Management has launched an enhanced version of its Global Flood Model, which introduces a variety of key features, such as enhanced hazard maps, a wide range of future climate event sets, and improvements to both processing speed and exposure disaggregation. As per the firm, these developments will enable reinsurers, insurers, brokers, […]
Artex Axcell Re issues $48.26m of private cat bond notes across two transactions
Two new private catastrophe bond arrangements have been issued by Artex Axcell Re, the Bermuda based Artex Risk Solutions operated transformer entity, with almost $48.26 million of notes sold to investors across the two series, Artemis has learned. These are the first two private cat bond issuances we’ve seen so far in 2026 from the […]
HKIA reforms seen strengthening Hong Kong’s reinsurance hub status: AM Best
A new AM Best report suggests that proposed changes to how the Hong Kong Insurance Authority (HKIA) assesses non-life insurers’ capital requirements, particularly for natural catastrophes, man-made risks, and offshore reinsurance business, could strengthen Hong Kong’s position as a global hub for reinsurance and risk management. According to the rating agency, Hong Kong’s direct non-life […]
Delineation between UNL and parametric triggers fundamental to unlocking ILS growth: Augment Risk
As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market continues to expand, Augment Risk is positioning parametric triggers not merely as a peripheral alternative, but as a central, diversifying asset class defined by its structural independence from traditional indemnity-based retrocession, a shift the firm believes is fundamental to unlocking the next phase of third-party capital allocation. Artemis recently […]