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In a positive signal for the continuing use of private insurance and reinsurance capital to support the country’s natural disaster and catastrophe insurance needs, the Mexican government has renewed a $250 million layer of traditional catastrophe protection.

Mexico’s still in-force $485 million IBRD / FONDEN 2020  catastrophe bond will continue to provide the country with important disaster insurance protection, as the beneficiary of the cover has been shifted away from the shuttered FONDEN disaster fund to the country’s Treasury.

Mexico’s Fund for Natural Disasters (El Fondo de Desastres Naturales), more commonly known as FONDEN, is set to be dismantled along with more than 100 other government funded public trusts, as lawmakers in the senate voted to reform this area of public funding.

Hurricane Willa’s minimum central pressure has now risen as the storm has weakened slightly, which puts Mexico’s World Bank supported IBRD / FONDEN 2017 catastrophe bond in the clear as the storm will now not be sufficiently intense when it enters the parametric box to trigger any payout.

Hurricane Willa has intensified on approach to the Pacific coastline of Mexico with its winds reaching Category 5 strength at 160 mph and the central pressure dropping further to 925 mb, increasing its threat to trigger a $110 million Class C tranche of notes from the World Bank supported IBRD / FONDEN 2017 catastrophe bond […]

The parametric trigger in the latest catastrophe bond to be issued with the assistance of the World Bank, the $360 million Mexico earthquakes and named storm cat bond IBRD / FONDEN 2017, offers the sponsoring government of Mexico a more efficient layer of risk transfer, due to its more precise and refined structure, according to […]

The World Bank has announced the completion of its $360 million Mexico catastrophe bond transaction, which protects against Mexico earthquakes and named storms, and of which the majority of the capacity came from the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space.

The latest catastrophe bond that will provide a source of reinsurance risk transfer for Mexico’s Fund for Natural Disasters (El Fondo de Desastres Naturales), the IBRD / FONDEN 2017 multi-peril cat bond, has secured its targeted $360 million size, while the pricing has now been fixed at the lowest end of reduced guidance.

The target size of the recently launched IBRD / FONDEN 2017 multi-peril catastrophe bond, which will secure a source of reinsurance risk transfer for Mexico’s Fund for Natural Disasters (El Fondo de Desastres Naturales), has been increased by 24% with the deal now expected to result in issuance of up to $360 million of notes.

Mexico has returned to the catastrophe bond market with a new transaction seeking a source of reinsurance risk transfer for its Fund for Natural Disasters (El Fondo de Desastres Naturales), better known as FONDEN, in a $290 million deal we’ve called IBRD / FONDEN 2017, assisted by the World Bank.