MultiCat Mexico 2012

Hurricane Odile made landfall in southern Baja California Sur, near Cabo San Lucas as a major storm with winds of 125mph and more importantly for catastrophe bond investors a minimum central pressure of 930mb, according to the NOAA.

The April 18th earthquake in Mexico’s Guerrero state, which Artemis wrote about at the time as the quake was very close to hitting the parametric trigger of the MultiCat Mexico Ltd. (Series 2012-1) catastrophe bond did result in an event notice from the ceding reinsurer.

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake which struck Mexico on Friday 18th April in the south-western state of Guerrero, came very close to the magnitude and location required to breach the parametric trigger of the MultiCat Mexico Ltd. (Series 2012-1) catastrophe bond.

Tropical storm Ingrid, the ninth named storm of the 2013 Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane season, has formed in the far western Gulf of Mexico. Tropical storm Ingrid is expected to head for the Tampico area threatening Mexico with extreme rainfall as it moves forwards.

It’s always interesting to hear from the sponsors of catastrophe bonds after the deal closes to better understand the motivations and benefits they feel the transaction brings to their risk management and transfer program. This is even more interesting when it’s a government who are the ultimate beneficiary of a cat bond deal, such as […]

The recently completed MultiCat Mexico Ltd. (Series 2012-1) catastrophe bond, which you can read all about in our Deal Directory, became on-risk yesterday, the 15th of October, we believe according to available documentation. The risk period began yesterday and in a very unusual occurrence there is a hurricane heading directly for one of the cat bonds […]

The latest catastrophe bond to hit the market, MultiCat Mexico Ltd. Series 2012-1, closed and listed on the Cayman Islands stock exchange on Friday and has received its final ratings from Standard & Poor’s today. The second MultiCat deal, replacing the cover from MultiCat Mexico 2009, was extremely well received by investors, becoming oversubscribed, upsizing […]

Interest in the catastrophe bond market and demand for new issuance is showing no sign of letting up, as investor sources tell us that the latest cat bond deal to come to market has increased in size a little and the price guidance has been reduced a lot. MultiCat Mexico Ltd. Series 2012-1, the 22nd […]

Interesting news for the catastrophe bond market today as a new MultiCat Mexico Ltd. cat bond begins marketing. MultiCat Mexico Ltd. Series 2012-1 will replace the cover afforded by the MultiCat Mexico 2009 cat bond which matures at the end of September. MultiCat Mexico 2012 is being marketed as a $300m deal but there is […]