Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending March 22nd 2026, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics.To ensure you never miss a thing or get our email alerts for every article we publish.Proposal calls for government backed reinsurer US Re, to hold catastrophe risk at lowest cost A proposal has been published calling for the establishment of a United States government backed reinsurance entity named US Re, which would be designed to assume natural catastrophe risks at the most extreme tail of the loss distribution, holding catastrophe risk at the lowest cost possible.

Lloyd’s targets more flexibility for capital entering, investing.London Bridge hit $2.9bn in 2025 In a world where competition for capital continues to accelerate, the Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance market aims to create more flexibility for capital entering and investing there, recognising that its unique structure can help allocators access more risk per unit of capital than elsewhere.Kuvare’s life & annuity reinsurance “sidecar” Kindley Re raises additional $250m Kindley Re Ltd., a Bermuda-domiciled life and annuity reinsurance company established by Kuvare Holdings in partnership with global investment manager Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP has raised an additional $250 million of equity capital from institutional investors to expand its franchise.

Pool Re targets £100m of retro with its fourth Baltic terrorism catastrophe bond We now have more information about Pool Re’s fourth terrorism catastrophe bond and have learned that the UK government backed mutual terrorism reinsurance firm is seeking £100 million of retrocession from the new Baltic PCC Limited (Series 2026-1) issuance.Zenkyoren sponsoring $100m Nakama Re 2026-1 Japan quake cat bond Zenkyoren has returned to the catastrophe bond market to add to its capital market backed aggregate Japanese earthquake reinsurance protection, with an initial $100 million target for this new Nakama Re Pte.Ltd.

(Series 2026-1) sponsorship.State Farm sets up another Merna Re structure in Bermuda, likely for future cat bonds US primary insurance giant State Farm has registered a new company structure in Bermuda under the Merna Re naming convention that has applied to all of its catastrophe bonds, suggesting the insurer may be set to return to the capital markets for more reinsurance.Cat bond issuance could set new records for both February and March in 2026 Catastrophe bond market issuance activity continues apace in 2026 and now two months of the first-quarter may see new records set for the amount of limit that comes to market, while Q1 issuance overall is destined to be the second highest ever.

Basis risk a manageable, programmable feature of parametric triggers: Research A new study authored by Hang Gao, et al published in The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance has highlighted how basis risk is a manageable and structural feature of parametric triggers, decoupling it from financial impacts on insurers or policyholders to focus on its fundamental properties.Accelerant upsized Flywheel Re reinsurance sidecar in March 2026, extending its term again Accelerant Holdings achieved a further upsizing and extension of its Flywheel Re collateralized reinsurance sidecar in March 2026, with existing investors in the structure increasing commitments to support the firm’s continued growth and some new investors coming onboard.Rising catastrophe loads, softening rates signal critical shift in reinsurance strategy: Howden Re A new report from reinsurance broker Howden Re suggests that as natural catastrophe losses continue to rise and pricing tailwinds continue to fade, current reinsurance market conditions present a critical opportunity to reassess protection and get ahead of the next phase of the cycle.

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