Corporate catastrophe bond

The sixth transaction in the Acorn Re parametric earthquake catastrophe bond series from global reinsurance firm Hannover Re has now been finalised so that this Acorn Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) transaction will provide $240 million of protection, while the spread paid to noteholders will be below the initial price guidance.

The sixth transaction in the Acorn Re parametric earthquake catastrophe bonds from global reinsurance firm Hannover Re looks likely to increase in size and price down, with this Acorn Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) transaction now targeted at between $225 million and $275 million in size, with lower spread guidance.

There is a sixth transaction in the Acorn Re parametric earthquake catastrophe bonds from global reinsurance firm Hannover Re in the market, with this Acorn Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance currently offering $200m of notes to cat bond investors, Artemis has learned.

The Acorn Re Ltd. (Series 2024-1) parametric earthquake catastrophe bond issuance has now been priced and its details finalised, with the issuance successfully upsized to provide $450 million of protection, while pricing was fixed below the initial guidance that was offered, Artemis can report.

We’ve learned that the targeted issuance size has increased to as much as $450 million for the Acorn Re Ltd. (Series 2024-1) parametric earthquake catastrophe bond issuance, while at the same time the price guidance has been lowered to below the initially offered range.

There is a new parametric earthquake catastrophe bond transaction in the market, the fifth in the series of Acorn Re deals. But for the first time this $400 million Acorn Re Ltd. (Series 2024-1) issuance features two tranches of notes, each with a different duration of coverage, Artemis has learned.

The just completed first indemnity catastrophe bond sponsored by asset management giant Blackstone is a new milestone for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, Swiss Re’s Jean-Louis Monnier has said, as it broadens what the cat bond can do for asset managers seeking peak catastrophe peril protection.

Investment giant Blackstone has successfully secured its targeted $250 million of multi-peril, named storm and earthquake, and indemnity based catastrophe insurance protection for its real estate funds, through the new Wrigley Re Ltd. (Series 2023-1) cat bond transaction.

Investment giant Blackstone is aiming to secure its latest and second catastrophe bond priced at the low-end of guidance, seeking as the company aims to seal the capital markets provision of $250 million of multi-peril and indemnity based catastrophe insurance protection through the Wrigley Re Ltd. (Series 2023-1) transaction.

The notes from the Acorn Re Ltd. (Series 2023-1) parametric earthquake catastrophe bond transaction have now been priced and in the end will only provide its sponsor $150 million in protection, so falling short of its upper-target, with pricing seeming to be prioritised.