Caelus Re V Ltd. Series 2018-1

We understand that the pricing has now been set for U.S. primary insurance firm Nationwide Mutual’s latest catastrophe bond issuance, the recently upsized to $450 million Caelus Re V Ltd. (Series 2018-1), with three of the four tranches priced below initial guidance and the fourth at the mid-point.

U.S. primary insurance firm Nationwide Mutual’s return to the catastrophe bond market in 2018 looks set to result in a bumper issuance, as the still-being-marketed Caelus Re V Ltd. (Series 2018-1) has grown by 50% to now offer investors $450 million of U.S. catastrophe risk exposed notes.

Nationwide Mutual is back looking for another slice of multi-peril reinsurance protection with a new catastrophe bond issuance, a $300 million Caelus Re V Ltd. (Series 2018-1) transaction that marks the insurers return at a time when its in-force cat bond coverage is still facing losses.