The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) is a publicly managed, privately funded, not-for-profit insurer in the state of California that, since 1996, has offered residential property earthquake insurance policies to homeowners insurance customers of its participating insurers.
The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) buys a significant reinsurance tower and utilises billions of dollars of earthquake catastrophe bonds within that tower, as diversified, capital markets backed protection.
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For the second year running the California Wildfire Fund has shied away from buying reinsurance or any form of risk transfer, saying that current market pricing means it isn’t economically worthwhile to extend the Fund’s durability.
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The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) is targeting to increase the size of its risk transfer and reinsurance program to a new high of almost $9.8 billion of limit in 2021.
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The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) has successfully secured its first catastrophe bond transaction of 2021 at the upsized $215 million target, while the Ursa Re II Ltd. (Series 2021-1) catastrophe bond has been priced at the low-end of already reduced coupon guidance.
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The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) has lifted its target size for its first catastrophe bond transaction of 2021, now seeking up to $215 million of fully collateralized earthquake reinsurance protection with the Ursa Re II Ltd. (Series 2021-1) issuance.
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The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) is back in the catastrophe bond market with its first transaction of 2021, seeking at least $150 million of fully collateralized earthquake reinsurance protection through this Ursa Re II Ltd. (Series 2021-1) issuance.
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The California Earthquake Authority’s (CEA) reinsurance program has shrunk slightly in the last few weeks, as $400 million of Ursa Re catastrophe bonds matured. But the Authority is aiming to keep its risk transfer target stable for 2021, suggesting more catastrophe bond issues are possible early in the new year.
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The California Earthquake Authority’s (CEA) reinsurance program has reached a new record high in terms of size at nearly $9.6 billion, which is up almost $1 billion since the January renewals.
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The health of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market and the commitment of its investors to providing efficient and fully collateralized reinsurance capacity were displayed by the successful upsizing and completion of the California Earthquake Authority’s (CEA) latest catastrophe bond, according to Swiss Re Capital Markets.
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The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) has elected to significantly upsize its latest catastrophe bond issue we can report, with its new Ursa Re II Ltd. (Series 2020-1) transaction now priced at $775 million in size, more than three times the initial amount of notes offered to investors.
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The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) is back once again in the catastrophe bond market with the second issuance it has sponsored so far this year, seeking a $250 million or larger source of collateralised earthquake reinsurance from this Ursa Re II Ltd. (Series 2020-1) deal.
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