Johnston Re Ltd. Series 2011-1

The recently closed Johnston Re Ltd. Series 2011-1 catastrophe bond transaction has helped bring the amount of capital market cover for hurricanes afforded to the two North Carolina non-profit insurance associations, the North Carolina Joint Underwriters Assn. (NCJUA) and the North Carolina Insurance Underwriters Assn. (NCIUA) to $507m.

North Carolina hurricane risk catastrophe bond Johnston Re Ltd. Series 2011-1 has closed successfully at a size of just under $202m, slightly upsized from the initial offering amount that the deal was marketed to investors at. This brings cat bond market issuance for 2011 to over $1.4 billion according to data from our catastrophe bond […]

Munich Reinsurance America Inc. are actively marketing the second catastrophe bond in the Johnston Re series of deals. As with their 2010 Johnston Re cat bond, the deal provides U.S. hurricane cover for Munich Re America for a reinsurance agreement they have with two North Carolina non-profit insurance associations, the North Carolina Joint Underwriters Assn. […]