Catastrophe bond news

Mapfre Re has increased the target size for the amount of retrocessional reinsurance it hopes to secure from its debut catastrophe bond sponsorship, with the Recoletos Re DAC (Series 2024-1) issuance now aimed for $125m, while at the same time the price guidance has been lowered.

Speaking at a Fitch Ratings event on the development of insurance-linked securities (ILS) in Brazil, Rodrigo Botti, former CFO of IRB and former CEO of Terra Brasis, emphasised a domestic market-first approach, with no intention of competing with other established ILS hubs.

American Family Mutual Insurance Company (AmFam) is now looking to upsize its latest catastrophe bond, with the target size increasing from $175 million to now $250 million in protection from the Four Lakes Re Ltd. (Series 2024-1)  cat bond issuance.

Today, we are delighted to announce that casualty insurance-linked securities (ILS) and investment opportunities in parametric risk transfer structures, will be the focus of two main panel sessions at our upcoming Artemis ILS NYC 2025 conference in New York on February 7th next year.

Having recently secured its debut catastrophe bond, the $100 million Maschpark Re Ltd. (Series 2024-1) parametric earthquake issuance, German re/insurance group Talanx has said that the protection augments its need for reinsurance and to cover earthquake risks in Chile as its business grows.

US primary insurer Allstate is now aiming to upsize its latest catastrophe bond by as much as 43%, as its target has increased to $500 million in multi-peril catastrophe reinsurance protection from the capital markets through its latest Sanders Re II Ltd. (Series 2024-3) issuance, Artemis can report.

According to specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund manager Twelve Capital, while the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season will result in insurance industry losses of between $30 billion and $50 billion, only muted impacts are expected for reinsurance and catastrophe bonds.

RenaissanceRe, the Bermuda based reinsurance company and third-party capital manager, looks set to be the latest to offer a UCITS insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund, with a fund structure now registered in Ireland under its Medici brand, so presumably this will be a cat bond strategy, Artemis has learned.

Beazley, the London headquartered specialty insurance and reinsurance underwriter, is back in the cat bond market with a $150 million target for what will be its second natural catastrophe bond, again using the Lloyd’s owned ILS structure to issue this London Bridge 2 PCC Limited (Fuchsia 2 – 2024-1) deal.

RenaissanceRe has successfully priced its latest catastrophe bond and secured the upper-end target size for coverage from the deal, with the Mona Lisa Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance now finalised to provide the company $350 million of collateralized retrocessional reinsurance from the capital markets.