Stone Ridge reinsurance and ILS fund drops 8%+ on Irma threat

According to a Bloomberg article one of the mutual ILS funds managed by New York based Stone Ridge Asset Management has fallen 8% on the approach of hurricane Irma, as the manager marked it down in expectation of losses.

Bloomberg reported that an investor in the Stone Ridge Reinsurance Risk Premium fund noticed a drop of more than 8% in the mutual ILS fund’s value yesterday (Thursday 7^th September).

Apparently Stone Ridge marked down the fund based on model projections of losses from hurricane Irma.

This seems a prudent approach, given hurricane Irma remains on track for Florida and the forecast still shows a major event unfolding, communicating the potential for impact to investors.

The catastrophe bond market, which this mutual ILS fund of Stone Ridge’s invests in, as well as quota share reinsurance and other private collateralized reinsurance deals, is likely to experience price declines today, as the last normal day of trading (week day) before Irma is forecast to approach Florida.

It’s possible other traded ILS funds may mark down their NAV’s based on hurricane Irma’s threat, if the forecast remains fixed on a major Florida landfall.

Update: The Stone Ridge ILS and reinsurance interval syle mutual fund, which invests more in sidecars and quota shares than cat bonds, dropped as much as 11% on Irma’s threat.

Also read:

– Interest in back-up reinsurance rises on Irma, live cat still quiet (so far).

– Billions of catastrophe bonds at risk from Hurricane Irma.

– CCRIF to pay $15.6m on Hurricane Irma impact to Leeward Islands.

– Hurricane Irma track aims at Miami, a $131bn realistic disaster scenario.

– Blue Capital halts ILS fund buy-backs as hurricane Irma approaches.

– Cat bond trading slight on Irma, Kilimanjaro II Re trades down.

– Hurricane Irma leaves trail of destruction, Florida still in its path.

– Hurricane Harvey re/insurance industry loss over $10bn: AIR.

– Irma & Harvey losses combined may still just be an earnings event: Morgan Stanley.

– Citrus Re 2017 cat bond notes trade down 50% on hurricane Irma threat.

– Hurricane Irma live cat activity focused on $40bn+ loss, pricing uncertain.

– Hurricane Irma landfall in Florida would hit reinsurers hard: KBW.

– Hurricane Irma a potential U.S. (Florida) threat this weekend.