Mortgage Insurance Linked Securities news

Bermuda headquartered re/insurer Arch Capital is seeking up to $358.4 million of capital markets backed mortgage reinsurance protection with its latest ILS issuance, a Bellemeade Re 2022-2 Ltd. deal.

Mortgage focused insurer Essent Guaranty has returned to reopen the mortgage insurance-linked securities (ILS) marketplace after a hiatus with no deals for a few months, bringing its first of the year, as it seeks almost $304 million of mortgage reinsurance from this Radnor Re 2022-1 Ltd. issuance.

Mortgage insurance companies operating in the United States are in a far better financial position now thanks to heavy use of reinsurance, including their issuance of mortgage insurance-linked securities (ILS), or mortgage insurance-linked notes (ILN), Moody’s Investors Service has said.

MGIC Investment Corporation is back in the capital markets to secure a fresh source of collateralized reinsurance with its first mortgage insurance-linked securities (ILS) deal of the year, sponsoring a $437 million Home Re 2022-1 Ltd. transaction.

A number of mortgage insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuances have had their ratings upgraded, as Moody’s noted improved credit enhancement and reduced projected losses across a series of the deals.

Arch Capital has successfully secured roughly $315 million of mortgage reinsurance protection through its Bellemeade Re 2022-1 Ltd. mortgage insurance-linked notes issuance and a traditional reinsurance placement that sits alongside it.

Arch Capital is aiming to secure up to $317 million of mortgage reinsurance protection from its first insurance-linked securities (ILS) transaction of the year, by sponsoring a Bellemeade Re 2022-1 Ltd. mortgage insurance-linked notes issuance.

Radian Group has now successfully secured another roughly $484 million of collateralized mortgage reinsurance for its Radian Guaranty subsidiary with the completion of its latest Eagle Re 2021-2 Ltd. issuance of mortgage insurance-linked securities (ILS).

Mortgage focused insurer Essent Guaranty has returned to the capital markets seeking another $435 million of mortgage reinsurance protection through its latest mortgage insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance, with a Radnor Re 2021-2 Ltd. deal.

A record 12 mortgage insurance-linked securities (ILS) transactions have completed so far in 2021, taking annual issuance to more than $5 billion for the very first time, as shown by the Artemis Deal Directory.