Cat bond news

Reflecting the seriousness of the CrowdStrike related global IT outage, leading cyber insurer Beazley has provided an update to the market saying that it does not expect any change to its combined ratio guidance after this event.

Collateralized capital markets backed reinsurance capacity and insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund managers have taken roughly two-thirds of Florida Citizens traditional reinsurance tower at the recent renewals, with Nephila Capital remaining the largest of those markets.

As anticipated, the junior €53 million Hexagon III Re Pte. Ltd. (Series 2021-1) Class B tranche of notes from Covéa Group’s 2021 catastrophe bond issuance have now been marked down, as the market digests the threat posed by the insurers rising losses from November 2023’s European windstorm Ciarán.

The CrowdStrike IT outage incident shows the need for a more granular understanding of coverage under cyber reinsurance portfolios and catastrophe bonds, but also demonstrates the importance of continued development of these instruments, as they provide critical coverage to the cyber insurance market.

Groupama said today that it is delighted with the investor support received for its new Quercus Re DAC 2024-1 catastrophe bond issuance, while it notes that the €150 million of windstorm reinsurance secured represents the largest aggregate cat bond on-record covering European perils.

The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI), working in consultation with participating ILS managers, investors and interested parties, has again updated its Insurance Open Protocol reporting template for insurance-linked securities (ILS) and reinsurance linked investment funds.

Cyber catastrophe bonds have come into focus after a global IT outage caused by a CrowdStrike service update resulted in millions of computers running critical services going offline, raising questions surrounding cyber loss accumulation and aggregation risks, and highlighting some uncertainties over exactly what cyber cat bonds cover.

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Artemis has learned from sources that the more junior €53 million Hexagon III Re Pte. Ltd. (Series 2021-1) Class B tranche of notes from Covéa Group’s 2021 catastrophe bond issuance could potentially be facing a hit to principal, as the insurers losses from November 2023’s European windstorm Ciarán rise.

Brazil’s regulations for “Letra de Risco de Seguro”, or LRS which translates to Letter of Insurance Risk and are effectively insurance-linked securities (ILS) laws, are seen as a positive step for the local re/insurance market and already some activity is expected to be seen, according to Fitch Ratings.