U.S. insurer State Farm’s latest catastrophe bond, the $300m Merna Re Ltd. (Series 2015-1), is set to price at the top end of initial guidance Artemis understands, as investors again showed they are not prepared to take on a risk at any price.
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U.S. primary insurer State Farm is back in the catastrophe bond market looking to expand its capital markets backed New Madrid earthquake protection by sponsoring a $300m Merna Re Ltd. (Series 2015-1), which could become the lowest priced U.S. quake cat bond ever.
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The price guidance on U.S. primary insurer State Farm’s $300m Merna Re V Ltd. U.S. earthquake catastrophe bond has dropped to the low-end of the marketed range, Artemis understands, making it the lowest coupon for a U.S. quake cat bond ever.
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U.S. primary insurer and regular insurance-linked securities sponsor State Farm is returning to the catastrophe bond market with its fifth Merna Re branded issuance, a $300m Merna Re V Ltd. U.S. earthquake cat bond.
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U.S. primary insurer State Farm’s latest catastrophe bond has seemingly been successful and has upsized during the marketing phase and pricing has dropped to the lower end of the suggested range. Merna Re IV Ltd. sees sponsor State Farm seeking a new source of earthquake reinsurance protection from the capital markets via a cat bond […]
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We now have some more details on the latest catastrophe bond to come to market which sees sponsor State Farm seeking a new source of earthquake reinsurance protection from the capital markets via a cat bond issuance. It’s the fourth time that State Farm has gone to the cat bond market for cover directly, although […]
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When we said back in July that a Merna Reinsurance III Ltd. catastrophe bond issuance was likely, what we of course meant was that it had already been issued… It transpires that the formation of Merna Reinsurance III Ltd. as a licensed entity in Bermuda was for a very specific, single investor catastrophe bond issued […]
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It looks like we will see a third transaction from State Farm in the Merna Reinsurance series of catastrophe bond deals. Merna Re, the first deal was issued in June 2007 and Merna Re II was issued in April 2010. That sets the scene for a deal every three years as one transaction expires and […]
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State Farm has completed it’s latest catastrophe bond issue Merna Reinsurance II Ltd. The deal began being marketed at a value of $250m and completed at $350m. That’s well below the mooted $400m-$700m that the market was expecting but we believe that was wishful thinking due to the size of their previous Merna Re deal. […]
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Standard & Poor’s have assigned a preliminary rating to State Farms new Merna Re II Ltd. catastrophe bond transaction. The deal designed to hedge a portion of State Farms earthquake risks has received a ‘BB+’ rating.
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