Alamo Re Ltd

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.

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) is now targeting sponsorship of what could be the second largest catastrophe bond issuance the market has ever seen, as the size of its new Alamo Re Ltd. (Series 2024-1) issuance has doubled to $1.2 billion, with the pricing narrowed towards the lower-end for each tranche of notes.

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA), the residual market property insurer for the State of Texas, has returned to the catastrophe bond market seeking to place a large $600 million Alamo Re Ltd. (Series 2024-1) issuance as it looks to build-out its reinsurance for the years ahead with the help of the capital markets, Artemis […]

The Board of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) met today and has confirmed a 1-in-100 year PML for 2024 funding purposes at a new high of $6.5 billion, meaning the insurer of last resort will seek to require just over $4 billion in reinsurance limit for the 2024 wind season.

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) could need even more reinsurance limit for the 2024 wind season, as its exposure growth drove its Actuarial and Underwriting Committee to recommend the Board sets a 1-in-100 year PML for funding purposes at a new high of $6.5 billion.

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) may require more reinsurance limit than had been originally thought, as modelled data shows the insurer of last resort could look for as much as $3.7 billion for its 2024 renewal, almost $1.5 billion up on TWIA’s 2023 reinsurance and catastrophe bond purchase.

The Board of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) approved its staff to begin the process of renewing both catastrophe bonds and reinsurance for 2024 yesterday, with the understanding that around $1 billion more in reinsurance funding may be needed in 2024.

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) is expected to buy more reinsurance and risk transfer in 2024 as its exposure grows and it has been advised to get into the catastrophe bond market sooner than later to renew a maturing issuance, while also starting its reinsurance renewal planning as soon as possible.

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) expects to buy more reinsurance and risk transfer in 2024, as the not-for-profit wind and hail insurer of last resort for the state forecasts a significant increase in exposure, alongside a continued hard reinsurance market.

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) has now secured the reinsurance and risk transfer it wanted for 2023, with its tower placed to the targeted $4.508 billion and $1.2 billion of that provided by catastrophe bonds.