<div>Listen to this podcast episode for a recap of top catastrophe bond, insurance-linked securities and alternative reinsurance capital news, from the week-ending August 24th 2025. 
 
Listen to a recap of Artemis' most read catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) news of the last week. We hope this summary provides an easy way to listen to a recap of some of last week's top stories. 
 
This week we covered: Hannover Re launching a new Bermuda ILS platform; Swiss Re taking over from Munich Re at the top of AM Best’s ranking of the world’s largest reinsurers for companies that report under IFRS 17; JP Morgan saying cat bonds are not the main source of price pressure; AM Best on the soft but still profitable reinsurance market; how cat bonds are assuming more wildfire risk; VP Bank saying ILS remains one of the best diversifying asset classes; Antares CEO commenting on the property retro space; Howden Re on property cat pricing; life and annuity sidecar expansion; and more.</div>

Listen to this podcast episode for a recap of top catastrophe bond, insurance-linked securities and alternative reinsurance capital news, from the week-ending August 24th 2025. Listen to a recap of Artemis' most read catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) news of the last week. We hope this summary provides an easy way to listen to a recap of some of last week's top stories. This week we covered: Hannover Re launching a new Bermuda ILS platform; Swiss Re taking over from Munich Re at the top of AM Best’s ranking of the world’s largest reinsurers for companies that report under IFRS 17; JP Morgan saying cat bonds are not the main source of price pressure; AM Best on the soft but still profitable reinsurance market; how cat bonds are assuming more wildfire risk; VP Bank saying ILS remains one of the best diversifying asset classes; Antares CEO commenting on the property retro space; Howden Re on property cat pricing; life and annuity sidecar expansion; and more.

Listen to this podcast episode for a recap of top catastrophe bond, insurance-linked securities and alternative reinsurance capital news, from the week-ending August 24th 2025. 
 
Listen to a recap of Artemis' most read catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) news of the last week. We hope this summary provides an easy way to listen to a recap of some of last week's top stories. 
 
This week we covered: Hannover Re launching a new Bermuda ILS platform; Swiss Re taking over from Munich Re at the top of AM Best’s ranking of the world’s largest reinsurers for companies that report under IFRS 17; JP Morgan saying cat bonds are not the main source of price pressure; AM Best on the soft but still profitable reinsurance market; how cat bonds are assuming more wildfire risk; VP Bank saying ILS remains one of the best diversifying asset classes; Antares CEO commenting on the property retro space; Howden Re on property cat pricing; life and annuity sidecar expansion; and more.

193: Catastrophe bond & ILS market news, week ending August 24th 2025

<div>Artemis Live - Discussions with leaders in the catastrophe bond (cat bond), insurance-linked securities (ILS), reinsurance, insurance risk transfer and investments space, as well as updates on the cat bond and ILS industry, explainers and how-to's. 
 
 
<a href="http://Artemis.bm">Artemis.bm</a> was formally launched in early 1999. Its founders held a belief that the capital markets was the deepest, most liquid and efficient source of risk and reinsurance capital available to facilitate the transfer of disaster and other exposures to investors, and that capital market structures such as cat bonds would be the most effective tools for the structuring and transfer of peak catastrophe risks. 
 
 
Today, Artemis is the longest running news, analysis and data media service devoted to the alternative risk transfer, catastrophe bond &amp; insurance linked security (ILS), non-traditional reinsurance, insurance linked investments and associated risk transfer markets, with more than 60,000 readers every single month. 
 
 
With a wealth of news, cat bond data, analysis and market information, <a href="http://Artemis.bm">Artemis.bm</a> is the best place to source information related to cat bonds, insurance linked securities and collateralised reinsurance capacity and investing. 
 
 

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Artemis Live - Discussions with leaders in the catastrophe bond (cat bond), insurance-linked securities (ILS), reinsurance, insurance risk transfer and investments space, as well as updates on the cat bond and ILS industry, explainers and how-to's. Artemis.bm was formally launched in early 1999. Its founders held a belief that the capital markets was the deepest, most liquid and efficient source of risk and reinsurance capital available to facilitate the transfer of disaster and other exposures to investors, and that capital market structures such as cat bonds would be the most effective tools for the structuring and transfer of peak catastrophe risks. Today, Artemis is the longest running news, analysis and data media service devoted to the alternative risk transfer, catastrophe bond & insurance linked security (ILS), non-traditional reinsurance, insurance linked investments and associated risk transfer markets, with more than 60,000 readers every single month. With a wealth of news, cat bond data, analysis and market information, Artemis.bm is the best place to source information related to cat bonds, insurance linked securities and collateralised reinsurance capacity and investing.

Artemis Live - Discussions with leaders in the catastrophe bond (cat bond), insurance-linked securities (ILS), reinsurance, insurance risk transfer and investments space, as well as updates on the cat bond and ILS industry, explainers and how-to's. 
 
 
<a href="http://Artemis.bm" rel="noopener noreferrer">Artemis.bm</a> was formally launched in early 1999. Its founders held a belief that the capital markets was the deepest, most liquid and efficient source of risk and reinsurance capital available to facilitate the transfer of disaster and other exposures to investors, and that capital market structures such as cat bonds would be the most effective tools for the structuring and transfer of peak catastrophe risks. 
 
 
Today, Artemis is the longest running news, analysis and data media service devoted to the alternative risk transfer, catastrophe bond &amp; insurance linked security (ILS), non-traditional reinsurance, insurance linked investments and associated risk transfer markets, with more than 60,000 readers every single month. 
 
 
With a wealth of news, cat bond data, analysis and market information, <a href="http://Artemis.bm" rel="noopener noreferrer">Artemis.bm</a> is the best place to source information related to cat bonds, insurance linked securities and collateralised reinsurance capacity and investing.

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