reinsurance

Cincinnati Insurance Companies is now targeting lower pricing for the $150 million or more in fully-collateralized reinsurance from the capital markets that its new Skyline Re II Ltd. (Series 2025-1) catastrophe bond deal will provide, sources have told Artemis.

International insurance and reinsurance giant Chubb has now opted to pursue annual aggregate cyber reinsurance from its new East Lane Re VII Ltd. (Series 2026-1) catastrophe bond, which will make this the first aggregate cyber cat bond in the market’s history, Artemis can report.

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With Farmers Insurance Group having secured $400 million of multi-peril US catastrophe reinsurance protection through its new Topanga Re (Series 2025-1) catastrophe bond issuance, Thomas Noh, CFO of Farmers Insurance Exchange stated that the issuance marks an important component of the company’s risk management strategy.

RenaissanceRe has now secured a 100% upsizing of its latest catastrophe bond, as the Mona Lisa Re Ltd. (Series 2026-1) notes have now been priced to provide it $400 million in multi-peril catastrophe retrocessional reinsurance, Artemis has learned.

AIG has announced another special purpose vehicle launch in the Lloyd’s of London marketplace, as the insurer has partnered again with Blackstone on another sidecar-style syndicate, while this time distribution giant Amwins and artificial intelligence supplied by Palantir are also in the mix.

Global reinsurance firm SCOR has renewed its main contingent capital facility for the fifth time, continuing the balance-sheet coverage that protects the company against extreme natural catastrophe or mortality events, as well as against a significant decline in its share price.

With the announcement today that insurance and reinsurance specialist Vantage Group is set to be acquired by Howard Hughes Holdings, the firm’s third-party collateralized reinsurance capital business AdVantage received a positive mention from the acquirer’s executives during an analyst call.

Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., the specialty insurance and reinsurance group with a collateralized underwriting arm under the AdVantage strategy, has announced it is to be acquired by the Bill Ackman linked Howard Hughes Holdings, while his hedge fund Pershing Square will manage Vantage’s investment assets going forwards.

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