Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending November 2nd 2025, 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.World Bank says Jamaica catastrophe bond payout “likely” for hurricane Melissa The World Bank has said that it expects to mobilise a broad package of financial support to aid Jamaica’s recovery from major hurricane Melissa and the development organisation has now stated that a payout of the country’s catastrophe bond is deemed likely.

Hurricane Melissa losses in Jamaica likely to fall to reinsurers, says AM Best.BMS suggests $5bn+ With footage coming out of Jamaica after major hurricane Melissa made landfall showing the damage left in the extreme storms path, rating agency AM Best has said reinsurance capital will take a meaningful share of the losses suffered, while broker BMS Group’s Andrew Siffert said the industry loss could exceed $5 billion.Stone Ridge provides Everest $1.2bn adverse development reinsurance through Longtail Re Stone Ridge, the New York based alternative risk premia focused investment management group, has executed on a $1.2 billion adverse development reinsurance cover for global re/insurer Everest Group.

Jamaica’s cat bond “doing what it was designed to do” – Lefferdink, Aon Securities As the catastrophe bond market awaits an official determination on the potential payout of Jamaica’s $150 million IBRD CAR Jamaica 2024 parametric cat bond after hurricane Melissa, a representative of one of the deal’s structuring agents has said that early signs are that the cat bond structure is “doing what it was designed to do.” Blackstone to fund new Fidelis Partnership syndicate 2126 at Lloyd’s via London Bridge 2 Alternative investment giant Blackstone has partnered with The Fidelis Partnership on a new Lloyd’s syndicate launch, with Blackstone set to fund Syndicate 2126 through the London Bridge 2 PCC insurance-linked securities (ILS) structure.Rational behaviour unlikely amid persistent capacity in property cat reinsurance: Goldman Sachs In a recent report released by Goldman Sachs, analysts convey a distinct skepticism regarding the rational behaviour of the property catastrophe reinsurance market, emphasising that the structural conditions have not altered and that signs of undisciplined competition continue to exist, even in the absence of more favourable market dynamics.Migdal Insurance sponsoring $100m Turris Re Israel earthquake cat bond Migdal Insurance Company Ltd., an Israeli insurance, pension and financial service company, is the latest first-time sponsor entrant to the catastrophe bond market, as it targets $100 million of earthquake reinsurance covering exposure in Israel through a new Turris Re Ltd.

(Series 2025-1) transaction.Leadenhall cautious on ILS expansion into longer tailed & casualty risks: CEO Albertini While the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space continues to expand into longer tailed and casualty lines, Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP is taking a cautious stance, with CEO Luca Albertini highlighting the challenges such risk transfers can pose for the capital markets.Nephila Capital fund revenues rise for Markel, catastrophe underwriting expansion continues Nephila Capital, the specialist reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) manager owned by Markel, has continued to grow its stature in the reinsurance market in the last quarter, with catastrophe premiums written growing and as a result the ILS manager has delivered increased fund management revenues to its parent as well.

2026 pricing to be driven by return comfort, not third-party capital: RenRe CEO Kevin J.O’Donnell, President and Chief Executive Officer of RenaissanceRe suggested that third-party capital is not likely to be the primary driver of pricing in 2026, adding that pricing in 2026 will be driven more by reinsurers’ comfort with return levels in the property catastrophe segment.This is not every article published on Artemis during the last week, just the most popular among our readers over the last seven days.

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