blue fin ltd

The 2007 Blue Fin Ltd. catastrophe bond which Allianz sponsored to secure a parametric source of European windstorm coverage has had an amendment made to the investment guidelines for the underlying collateral invested in one of the tranches of notes of the transaction. The cat bond is due to be redeemed in April 2012 and […]

Allianz has issued a press release announcing the completion of the fourth takedown under their Blue Fin Ltd. catastrophe bond program (as we wrote yesterday). The $40m cat bond deal provides Allianz with capital markets cover for U.S. hurricane and earthquake events using a modeled loss trigger mechanism until May 2013.

The latest catastrophe bond issuance by Allianz under their Blue Fin Ltd. SPV was admitted on completion to the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange on Friday. As we wrote last week, Allianz were seeking to issue a further $40m of catastrophe bonds under the Blue Fin program to provide them with additional aggregate protection for U.S. […]

Investors are actively being marketed a new series of catastrophe bond notes by insurer Allianz. This latest cat bond issuance by long time market participant Allianz is a new series of notes which it is marketing under its Cayman Islands domiciled SPV Blue Fin Ltd.

Allianz, with the assistance of Swiss Re, has closed it’s third catastrophe bond issuance under it’s Cayman Islands SPV Blue Fin Ltd. The $150m was issued in two tranches to provide Allianz with three years of per-occurrence and aggregate cover against hurricanes in 31 U.S. states and certain earthquakes in the U.S.

Allianz is preparing a third catastrophe bond issue under it’s Cayman Island SPV Blue Fin Ltd. This third series of Blue Fin Ltd. is designed to provide Allianz with per-occurrence and aggregate protection against U.S. hurricane and earthquakes for three years (until May 2013).