Alamo Re Ltd

At a Board meeting of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) yesterday, members discussed the evolution of the property insurer of last resort’s funding under new state legislation, concluding that it may result in TWIA opting to reset and perhaps even redeem early some of its catastrophe bonds.

The Board of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) met today and one item up for discussion was the setting of the 1-in-100 year probable maximum loss (PML), a critical figure for defining its funding needs for the hurricane season and therefore its purchases of reinsurance and catastrophe bonds for 2025.

The Board of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) has today approved a $485 million budget line item for ceded reinsurance and catastrophe bond spend for 2025, which is up 22% on the $397 million spent on protection for 2024.

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) is looking at another relatively significant increase in its reinsurance purchase next year, as it projects it may need almost $5.8 billion of reinsurance and catastrophe bond limit, due to the near-erosion of its CRTF by hurricane Beryl and a still-rising PML.

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) saw the overall rate-on-line across its reinsurance and catastrophe bond program that is in-force for the 2024 into 2025 period rise to 9.6% and as risk transfer comes with higher costs attached, the insurer of last resort is looking to options to help manage that expense.

The staff of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) is set to recommend lawmakers consider a variety of ways to reduce its reinsurance purchases going forwards, primarily by amending the rules to allow other areas of statutory funding to be increased.

Having already secured its largest ever catastrophe bond issue this year, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) is now ready to sign lines for its reinsurance renewal, with support secured for the rest of its capacity needs, according to staff and broker Gallagher Re’s executives.

For 2024, the funding tower of residual market insurer the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) will see catastrophe bonds as its largest component, providing 32% of the funding limit needed to meet the statutory 1-in-100 year probable maximum loss for the coming hurricane season.

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) has now secured the upsized target of $1.4 billion of collateralized reinsurance from its new Alamo Re Ltd. (Series 2024-1) catastrophe bond, as the deal has now priced which confirms it will be the second biggest cat bond ever issued.

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) has for a second time lifted the target size of its new Alamo Re Ltd. (Series 2024-1) catastrophe bond, with the residual market insurer now aiming to secure $1.4 billion of reinsurance from the capital markets with this deal.