Global Scans · Apocalypse · Weekly Summary

• [New] The Hormuz shock, the Myanmar catastrophe, the SCS's managed-tension equilibrium, and the fiscal stress accumulating in Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines are compounding structural vulnerabilities that institutional activity alone cannot resolve. KBA13 INSIGHT
• [New] Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc. has completed its Catastrophe Excess of Loss Reinsurance Program for the 2026-2027 treaty year, securing a meaningful $5.463 billion of total aggregate reinsurance limit, representing a 65% increase from last year's $3.304 billion. Artemis.bm - The Catastrophe Bond, Insurance Linked Sec
• [New] While some of the Bermuda executives KBW's analysts met with thought a ~ $100 billion catastrophe loss might stop the softening in reinsurance, others said it might take a financial shock. Artemis.bm - The Catastrophe Bond, Insurance Linked Sec
• [New] Elon Musk's plan to begin launching one million AI data center satellites into orbit in 2028 could trigger a financial catastrophe, sending SpaceX into a high-speed nosedive, say leading North American space scholars. Forbes
• [New] Elon Musk has vowed to begin launching one million AI data center satellites into orbit in 2028, via the still experimental Starship rocket, in a high-risk plan that could trigger a financial catastrophe, and send SpaceX into a high-speed nosedive. Forbes
• [New] Over the last few year's we have noticed increasing interest in the insurance-linked securities asset class as an investment opportunity from institutions in Latin America and now pensions in Chile have reportedly begun allocating to catastrophe bonds. Artemis.bm - The Catastrophe Bond, Insurance Linked Sec
• The federal government must act urgently to strengthen Canada's critical transportation infrastructure or risk catastrophe. SenCanada
• Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier is about to lose an ice shelf that protects it from warming ocean waters, which could have devastating long-term consequences for hundreds of millions of people affected by rising sea levels. Live Science
• West Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier is on the brink of losing its ice shelf, further compromising the already melting ice mass and threatening to unleash devastating sea-level rises. Live Science
• Oligarchs like Praxians, in pursuit of their ambitions, are willing to risk global catastrophe. Unlimited Hangout
• A prolonged Strait of Hormuz crisis could result in a global agri-food catastrophe. CNS Media
• The mid-year 2026 property catastrophe reinsurance renewals are seeing pricing outcomes skewing towards the worst end of a -15% to -20% + range, while catastrophe bonds have become more of a competitive threat to reinsurers now given longer-durations of cover and better rates. Artemis.bm - The Catastrophe Bond, Insurance Linked Sec
• Up to 40% of insect species could face extinction in the coming decades - a trend so severe it has earned the label insect apocalypse. Friends of the Earth
• The US property and casualty (P & C) insurance industry is projected to see underlying growth fall to -3.7% in the first half of 2026, down from 1.6% in 2025, as insurers continue to contend with catastrophe exposure, inflationary pressures and rising claims costs. ReinsuranceNe.ws
• Insurers continue to prioritize risk selection and technical pricing, reflecting heightened concerns around climate-driven natural catastrophe activity, secondary perils, and evolving geopolitical risks. Artemis.bm - The Catastrophe Bond, Insurance Linked Sec
• International developments confirm that global geopolitical and economic antagonisms continue to directly threat to world peace and security, including the danger of nuclear catastrophe. WFTU - World Federation Of Trade Unions
• For Russia, preemptive mobilization was necessitated by the threat of German victory on the Western front if Russia failed to timely deploy its troops and by the appalling prospect of unavoidable military catastrophe. Russia in Global Affairs
• Some of the more anxious economists are warning that the Australian economy is veering into a doomsday stagflation scenario, while investors are starting to get aggressive on pricing as they seek to hedge against a perceivably riskier home lending environment. Mortgage Professional
• The slide from crisis to catastrophe has accelerated, politically, economically, and socially, particularly since the push to extend President Mnangagwa's term to 2030 gained traction. / Zimbabwe Nehanda Radio
• Barring another global catastrophe, experts do not think mortgage rates will go that low again in the foreseeable future. Fortune
• Barring another global catastrophe, experts do not expect to see mortgage rates that low again. Fortune
• A prolonged blockage affecting shipments through the Strait of Hormuz could escalate into a global agri-food catastrophe, highlighting the scale of risk to global food production systems. CNS Media
• A protracted Strait of Hormuz crisis could lead to a global agri-food catastrophe, triggering rising food prices and lower crop yields. CNS Media

Last updated: 21 June 2026