reinsurance

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season could result in an above average number of direct impacts to the United States, with the Texas coast, Florida Panhandle, South Florida and the Carolinas all facing a higher-than-average risk this year, AccuWeather has said.

It is hard to see anything other than further small price improvements for reinsurance cedents given the strong state of both traditional and alternative reinsurance markets at this time, Tom Wakefield, CEO of broker Gallagher Re has said.

The catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has continued to set new records in the first-quarter of 2024, with an impressive $4.23 billion of new issuance recorded, Artemis’ new quarterly market report explains.

American European Insurance Company is now seeking up to $125 million in named storm reinsurance protection for a coastal property book that is originated via MGA ShoreOne, through its debut Charles River Re Ltd. (Series 2024-1) catastrophe bond issuance.

USAA, the most prolific and consistent sponsor of catastrophe bonds, has returned for what will be the 43rd issuance we have listed from the company, seeking $175 million or more in aggregate multi-peril US reinsurance from the capital markets through a Residential Reinsurance 2024 Limited (Series 2024-1) issuance.

Aspen Capital Markets, the third-party and alternative reinsurance capital management unit of global re/insurer Aspen, continued to expand its funding for third-party capital and insurance-linked securities (ILS) vehicles, as total capital sourced reached $1.7 billion by the end of 2023.

The CRESTA organisation, that tracks insurance industry losses outside the United States, has provided its first estimate of insurance market losses for the January 1st M7.5 earthquake that hit near the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, pegging the total at US $1.9 billion.

Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, the non-profit residential and commercial property insurer for those who cannot access private market insurance in the state, has returned to the catastrophe bond market aiming to secure $225 million of collateralized named storm reinsurance through a Bayou Re Ltd. (Series 2024-1) issuance.

The Government of Mexico has increased the target size for its latest catastrophe bond, with now up to $420 million of parametric disaster insurance protection for earthquake and hurricane events being sought from the World Bank facilitated IBRD CAR Mexico 2024 transaction.

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) is now targeting sponsorship of what could be the second largest catastrophe bond issuance the market has ever seen, as the size of its new Alamo Re Ltd. (Series 2024-1) issuance has doubled to $1.2 billion, with the pricing narrowed towards the lower-end for each tranche of notes.