Cat bond news

SafePoint Insurance Company has successfully doubled the size of its new Nature Coast Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) catastrophe bond, securing $200 million of reinsurance protection from capital market investors through the issuance of notes, Artemis has learned.

Having recently secured its biggest catastrophe bond to-date, Fidelis’ new $375 million Herbie Re Ltd. (Series 2024-2) issuance enhances its reinsurance arrangements and supports the managing general underwriter (MGU) Fidelis Partnership to capitalise on catastrophe-exposed business opportunities, executives have said.

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QBE, the Australia headquartered global insurance and reinsurance group, has now secured its targeted $250 million of retrocessional protection from its first catastrophe bond sponsorship since 2013, as the Bridge Street Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance has now been priced roughly 14% below the mid-point of initial guidance, we are told.

According to new survey data collected by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance companies made increased use of industry-loss warranties (ILW’s), quota share arrangements and retrocession in 2023.

We’ve learned a few more details about the new Silk Road Re Limited catastrophe bond transaction that is set to be issued out of Hong Kong, with the notes set to provide sponsor Taiping Reinsurance Company (Taiping Re) with a US $35 million source of three years of retrocessional protection.

Galapagos Capital, a global investment company headquartered in Brazil that offers a range of investment management, banking and financial services, has received pre-authorisation from the insurance regulator SUSEP to establish an issuer of Letra de Risco de Seguro (Insurance Risk Letters), which are Brazil’s own type of insurance-linked securities (ILS).

Taiping Reinsurance Company (Taiping Re), a Hong Kong based reinsurer that is part of the state-backed China Taiping Insurance Group, is in the process of sponsoring its first catastrophe bond, with a Silk Road Re Limited transaction set to be issued out of Hong Kong, Artemis can reveal.

QBE, the Australia headquartered global insurance and reinsurance group, is now targeting reduced pricing for its first catastrophe bond sponsorship since 2013, with the spread guidance now lowered for the $250 million Bridge Street Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance, we understand.

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