Everglades Re II Ltd Series 2022-1

Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, the property insurer of last resort for the Florida marketplace, has appointed its General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer Tim Cerio as its new President and CEO, as long-standing leader Barry Gilway retired yesterday.

Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, the property insurer of last resort for the Florida marketplace, expects to grow its policy count by around 46% during 2023, to reach roughly 1.7 million policies in-force by the end of the year.

Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation looks set to continue rapidly growing its exposure, with its policy count likely to near record levels again in 2023, according to President and CEO Barry Gilway.

Once again, third-party sources of reinsurance capital, largely from the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, have dominated the reinsurance renewal of Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation in 2022, with ILS investment manager Nephila Capital again taking the largest share.

Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation has now secured its latest catastrophe bond that will provide it $200 million of reinsurance protection, but pricing for the Everglades Re II Ltd. (Series 2022-1) transaction eventually settled above the initial guidance.

Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation had originally been seeking more catastrophe bond backed reinsurance for 2022, specifically to fill out layers of its Coastal Account reinsurance tower, but pricing feedback from investors caused the insurer to change plans and these cat bond tranches never made it to market.

Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s target for its new catastrophe bond now stands at up to $200 million, while pricing for the Everglades Re II Ltd. (Series 2022-1) transaction has risen to above the initial guidance, Artemis has learned.

Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation is back in the catastrophe bond market to sponsor a $100 million or greater Everglades Re II Ltd. (Series 2022-1) transaction, from which it is seeking named storm reinsurance protection for its Personal Lines Account book of business.