Archive for December, 2016

Leo Re Ltd., a recently registered Bermuda special purpose insurer, has listed a $200 million tranche of notes, which likely represent a new collateralised reinsurance sidecar transaction from a currently unknown sponsor.

PERILS AG has finalised its insurance and reinsurance industry loss estimate for the UK floods in winter 2015/16 at £1.108 billion, after its fourth industry loss estimate for storms Eva – Frank has been pegged at £504 million.

The utilisation of parametric structured insurance-linked securities (ILS) solutions to protect corporations against the impacts of natural disasters has the potential to grow, providing effective coverage where conventional insurance and reinsurance markets have perhaps failed to do so, according to Dr. Alan Punter.

Capital market investors were “well placed” to support the recent Horse Capital I DAC motor third-party liability loss ratio ILS, catastrophe bond like transaction, and its successful completion could open the ILS market to new opportunities, according to Bill Dubinsky of WCMA.

German reinsurance firm Hannover Re has facilitated another private catastrophe bond (or cat bond lite) transaction, a $10 million LI Re (Series 2016-2), with the notes issued through its segregated accounts vehicle, Kaith Re Ltd. listing on the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX).

The steady year-on-year growth of alternative capital from the capital markets and insurance-linked securities (ILS) funds has triggered cycle management in the reinsurance market, as those capable seek to navigate around the pressure it creates, according to A.M. Best.

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) could potentially save as much as $28 million by shifting its traditional reinsurance cover to the capital markets, although there is yet to be any formal analysis as to the impact of such a transition.

XL Catlin’s trip to the capital markets with twin Galilei Re Ltd. (Series 2016-1) and Galilei Re Ltd. (Series 2017-1) catastrophe bond issues will result in the largest single cat bond of 2016 and a brisk start to 2017 for the ILS market, as the company targets an upsized $1.275 billion of capacity from them.

Global insurer Liberty Mutual Insurance has announced the creation of the Limestone Capital Markets platform and a first deal using the new Bermuda segregated accounts vehicle, Limestone Re Ltd., a $160 million multi-year collateralised reinsurance sidecar-like transaction.

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has begun its procurement process for a 2017 flood reinsurance program for its National Flood Insurance Program, as it seeks to push more of the risk into private risk transfer markets.