Cat bond news

A new catastrophe bond transaction has been launched to benefit two companies of Japanese insurance group MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, with a $225 million Akibare Re Ltd. (Series 2018-1) transaction that seeks to secure the sponsors a source of collateralized multi-peril reinsurance cover for three perils.

The maturity date for the remaining $40 million of principal of U.S. primary military mutual insurer USAA’s Residential Reinsurance 2013 Ltd. (Series 2013-2) catastrophe bond Class 1 notes has been extended by another three months, as the insurer waits for its loss estimates from Californian wildfires to be finalised.

The federal government of Mexico has cited new “innovations” that improve the coverage of its latest catastrophe, which was secured as part of the World Bank’s $1.36 billion multi-country Pacific Alliance cat bond issuance that completed recently.

Panthera Re Limited, a recently registered Bermuda special purpose insurance vehicle, has issued a $100 million tranche insurance-linked securities (ILS) notes, which likely collateralize an underlying reinsurance or retrocession agreement for a sponsor that is currently unknown.

Catastrophe bond investors are facing over $104 million of losses from Citrus Re bond issues sponsored by Florida focused property and casualty insurer Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc., after the company made clear it intends to proceed with recoveries under three separate issuances following the impacts of hurricane Irma.

Reforms under the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), adopted in the U.S. in December 2017, means that some insurance-linked securities (ILS) structures could be classified as a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) and others could be classified as a passive foreign investment company (PFIC), according to Mayer Brown’s Global Insurance Industry Year in Review, […]

Zenkyoren has now secured $700 million of collateralized Japanese earthquake reinsurance cover from its latest cat bond, while the pricing for the two series of Nakama Re Ltd. (Series 2018-1) notes has now been fixed at the lowest end of the marketed range.

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 25th February 2018, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and related risk transfer topics. To ensure you never miss a thing subscribe to the weekly Artemis email newsletter updates.

The reinsurance industry has to get used to the fact that we are now in a world where underwriting margins for property catastrophe business are lower and likely to stay that way, thanks to the influence of ILS and alternative sources of capital, according to Swiss Re CEO Christian Mumenthaler.

Emmanuel Modu, Managing Director and Global Head of insurance-linked securities (ILS) at A.M. Best, has noticed ILS funds increasingly seeking more alliance with traditional reinsurers, driven partly by a push for efficiency.