Cal Phoenix Re Ltd

The amount of property, residential and commercial structures lost in the Camp and Woolsey wildfires in California has risen significantly again since last week, with the number of structures destroyed now almost 15,500 and the loss for insurance, reinsurance and ILS market interests seen even higher.

Pacific Gas & Electric Co’s (PG&E) $200m Cal Phoenix Re Ltd. (Series 2018-1) catastrophe bond has had its secondary market price marked down heavily by brokers who suspect that the cat bond will face a significant, if not total, loss due to the ongoing wildfire outbreak.

California focused electrical utility PG&E Corporation (the Pacific Gas and Electric Company) now benefits from $200 million of insurance protection against losses related to wildfires, through the completion of Cal Phoenix Re Ltd. (Series 2018-1), the first catastrophe bond to benefit a corporate sponsor using an indemnity trigger.

The Cal Phoenix Re Ltd. (Series 2018-1) catastrophe bond transaction, which is the first pure wildfire exposed deal that will benefit California focused electrical utility PG&E Corporation (the Pacific Gas and Electric Company), may increase in size slightly, but at the same time the proposed coupon has risen 20%.

The first pure wildfire exposed catastrophe bond has come to market, as California focused electrical utility PG&E Corporation (the Pacific Gas and Electric Company) turns to the capital markets and ILS investors as a source of collateralized insurance protection with a $200 million Cal Phoenix Re Ltd. (Series 2018-1) transaction.