capital markets

The awaited new catastrophe bond issuance from the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) has now been launched to the cat bond investment community, with a $200 million target for the Alamo Re II Ltd. (Series 2020-1) transaction.

Tremor’s weekly auctions of industry loss warranties (ILW’s) are gaining traction, with around $100 million of capacity available every week and spreads now narrowing fast as the reinsurance and retrocession markets harden.

London’s efforts to develop a market for insurance-linked securities (ILS) has been “hampered by bureaucracy” according to a new report from the market-wide body that represents the London specialist commercial insurance and reinsurance sector.

This week the newest addition to our Artemis Live series of video interviews with leaders of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance markets features Cory Anger, Managing Director of GC Securities, the specialist ILS and capital markets unit of reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter.

Cayman Islands based reinsurance company Oxbridge Re Ltd. is aiming to upsize its fully collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle Oxbridge Re NS Ltd. for the coming underwriting year from June 1st.

With valuation of insurance-linked securities (ILS) and collateralised reinsurance investments already a process that requires significant expertise, the threats posed by the Covid-19 pandemic add more complexity to setting fair valuations, Horseshoe’s JB Crozet told us.

Despite the capital markets enduring the biggest shift since the financial crisis, driven by the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, investment appetite for insurance-linked securities (ILS) assets remains healthy, according to David Flandro, Managing Director at Hyperion X.

We’re told that underwriters from some of the biggest insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund managers have effectively “downed pens” on the Florida reinsurance renewals, in reaction to the pricing and terms on offer.

Catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) market activity remains buoyant despite the impacts seen from the Covid-19 pandemic, with primary issuance already reaching $6.1 billion in 2020, according to Artemis’ Deal Directory data.

The Athene Co-Invest Reinsurance Affiliate (ACRA) insurance-linked sidecar vehicle is expected to raise further capital, with investor discussions ongoing and senior executives say the third-party capital vehicle will become a significant source of capacity for its pension risk transfer deals.