european windstorm

Insurance and reinsurance markets are facing losses into the billions after the impacts of two severe European windstorms, Dudley (Ylenia) and Eunice (Zeynep), while the jet stream continues to drive low pressure systems across the Atlantic and towards the continent.

Italian and global insurance giant Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. has confirmed to investors in its EUR 200 million Lion III Re DAC catastrophe bond that European windstorm Bernd and related floods in July 2021 are not a covered event for noteholders to be concerned about, this publication has learned.

European extratropical windstorm Hendrik- Ignatz, which was also known as Aurore, impacted north-western and central Europe between the 20th to 21st October 2021 and is the first storm of the season to drive an industry loss in the hundreds of millions of Euros.

The successful placement at low-pricing of the first green catastrophe bond occurred during an extremely active marketplace for cat bonds, noted joint bookrunner and green coordinator French financial services firm Natixis.

Italian and global insurance giant Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. has hailed the successful completion of its first green catastrophe bond issuance, the EUR 200 million Lion III Re DAC transaction.

Italian and global insurance giant Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. has now secured its first green catastrophe bond, the EUR 200 million Lion III Re DAC cat bond, with a roughly 18% price drop from the initial mid-point of guidance.

Italian and global insurance giant Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. is aiming to secure its first green catastrophe bond deal, the EUR 200 million Lion III Re DAC cat bond, at tighter spreads, as price guidance has fallen for the issuance.

Italian and global insurance giant Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. is back in the catastrophe bond market with its fourth issuance, a EUR 200 million Lion III Re DAC cat bond through which it is seeking collateralized catastrophe reinsurance while adding “green” features to a cat bond issue.

French insurance and reinsurance carrier AXA is not renewing its property catastrophe bond for 2018, as the firm currently finds traditional reinsurance pricing more attractive and sees the costs of sponsoring cat bonds, both financially and in terms of effort, as high.

The recently completed EUR 200 million Lion II Re DAC catastrophe bond transaction set a new low in terms of the pricing multiple, of the expected loss level to the amount of coupon that investors will be paid, in the history of the 144a cat bond market, according to GC Securities.