State Farm

U.S. insurer State Farm’s latest catastrophe bond, the $300m Merna Re Ltd. (Series 2015-1), is set to price at the top end of initial guidance Artemis understands, as investors again showed they are not prepared to take on a risk at any price.

U.S. primary insurer State Farm is back in the catastrophe bond market looking to expand its capital markets backed New Madrid earthquake protection by sponsoring  a $300m Merna Re Ltd. (Series 2015-1), which could become the lowest priced U.S. quake cat bond ever.

The price guidance on U.S. primary insurer State Farm’s $300m Merna Re V Ltd. U.S. earthquake catastrophe bond has dropped to the low-end of the marketed range, Artemis understands, making it the lowest coupon for a U.S. quake cat bond ever.

U.S. primary insurer and regular insurance-linked securities sponsor State Farm is returning to the catastrophe bond market with its fifth Merna Re branded issuance, a $300m Merna Re V Ltd. U.S. earthquake cat bond.

U.S. primary insurer State Farm’s latest catastrophe bond has seemingly been successful and has upsized during the marketing phase and pricing has dropped to the lower end of the suggested range. Merna Re IV Ltd. sees sponsor State Farm seeking a new source of earthquake reinsurance protection from the capital markets via a cat bond […]

We now have some more details on the latest catastrophe bond to come to market which sees sponsor State Farm seeking a new source of earthquake reinsurance protection from the capital markets via a cat bond issuance. It’s the fourth time that State Farm has gone to the cat bond market for cover directly, although […]

U.S. insurer State Farm says that it has paid its policyholders $5 billion so far during 2011 for catastrophe claims resulting from damage to homes, cars and other property caused by weather related catastrophes so far this year. State Farm, the largest U.S. insurer of homes and autos, says that 2011 is likely to be […]

The toll to U.S. insurers from the severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in April and May just keeps rising. At the end of May insurer State Farm announced that their claims payments made to clients in the wake of the severe weather were approaching $1 billion. Now, just 18 days later that total is nearing $2 […]

Insurer State Farm, has announced that it has already paid close to $1 billion in claims to policyholders for damage caused by severe thunderstorm, hail and tornado damage in late April and early May. If categorized as one event State Farm say the three most devastating outbreaks would be the seventh most costly homeowner loss […]