Archive for May, 2020

Arch Capital Group Ltd., the Bermuda headquartered insurance and reinsurance specialist, has said that it expects the amortisation of its Bellemeade Re mortgage insurance-linked securities (ILS) transactions may be halted by an expected rise in delinquencies due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Elementum Advisors, LLC, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund management and collateralised reinsurance underwriter that is 30% owned by White Mountains, earned $37 million in fee revenues in 2019, which was a roughly 9% increase in revenues on the previous year.

Valuation has become an increasingly important element of assessing an investment in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class, and while it’s vital to consider loss and modelling data, market intelligence plays an important role, explains JB Crozet, SVP Advisory Services & Head of London Office at Horseshoe.

Australian primary insurance giant Suncorp has said that completion of its catastrophe reinsurance renewal by July 1 remains on track, but highlighted that placing its aggregate reinsurance coverage could be more of a challenge to place.

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) is likely to target $200 million or perhaps greater of protection from an Alamo Re II Ltd. catastrophe bond issuance for 2020, as the capital markets look set to continue playing an important role in its reinsurance program.

USAA has returned to the catastrophe bond market for its first issuance of 2020, with a currently $100 million plus sized Residential Reinsurance 2020 Limited (Series 2020-1) transaction seeking multi-peril reinsurance protection, that will become the insurers 35th cat bond issuance if successfully completed.

Rating agency A.M. Best said that varying pandemic related impacts are to be expected for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, with the most concerning likely the fact that collateral could be trapped for years given the significant uncertainty over potential losses.

The targeted issuance size for the latest catastrophe bond to be sponsored by the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) has risen again, with the Sutter Re Ltd. (Series 20201- & 2020-2) issuance now aiming for as much as $740 million of reinsurance protection for the sponsor.

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 10th May 2020, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics. To ensure you never miss a thing subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates or get our email alerts for every article we publish.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) and collateralised reinsurance market is still hunting for the right-balance between serving insurance and reinsurance cedents with the protection they need, while dealing with finite term securities, according to Paul Schultz, the CEO of Aon Securities.