Blue Danube II

The focus of the catastrophe bond market’s exposure to hurricane Odile has been on the MultiCat Mexico 2012 deal, which is clearly at risk of loss as we’ve explained, but there are actually two other cat bonds with Mexican hurricane exposure.

German insurance and reinsurance group Allianz said that attractive market conditions combined with demand from investors for catastrophe bonds helped it lock in a competitive price on the recently completed Blue Danube II Ltd. (Series 2013-1) cat bond. Interest in the transaction was strong as capital markets investors came out in force to support Allianz.

The latest catastrophe bond transaction from Germany headquartered insurance and reinsurance group Allianz has now successfully completed, received its rating and the issued cat bond notes have been listed in Bermuda. The Blue Danube II Ltd. (Series 2013-1) cat bond has now secured sponsor Allianz Argos 14 GmbH a $175m three-year source of fuly-collateralized, multi-peril […]

German insurer Allianz’s latest catastrophe bond transaction, Blue Danube II Ltd. (Series 2013-1), has now increased in size to $175m and its pricing has been set at the low-end of an already reduced range. This deal is the German insurers eighth visit to the cat bond market since 2007, which makes the insurer among the […]

Further details have become available on another of the catastrophe bonds that launched recently. The Blue Danube II Ltd. (Series 2013-1) cat bond, sponsored by German insurer Allianz who is looking for multi-peril and multi-region reinsurance protection for certain hurricane and earthquake risks, has now had its preliminary rating applied by Standard & Poor’s. We’re […]

Another new catastrophe bond has hit the market, according to sources, and this time it is another ‘Blue’ cat bond from a regular sponsor, German insurer Allianz. We make Blue Danube II Ltd. (Series 2013-1) the German insurers eighth visit to the cat bond market and likely a replacement for its soon to mature Blue Fin […]