Tailwind Re Ltd. Series 2022-1

Validus, one of the AIG reinsurance brands under AIG Re, is the first to complete a 144A catastrophe bond issuance in 2022, starting the year off with a successful $400 million Tailwind Re Ltd. (Series 2022-1) transaction, that renews a capital market backed source of retrocession for the company.

Validus, the Bermuda headquartered reinsurance underwriting arm of AIG, has now secured $400 million of retrocession from its latest catastrophe bond, as the Tailwind Re Ltd. (Series 2022-1) renewal transaction failed to reach the upper-end target, but all four tranches of notes were priced at attractive coupon levels.

The new catastrophe bond issuance being sponsored by Validus, the Bermuda headquartered reinsurance underwriting arm of AIG, looks likely to upsize to at least $400 million in size, perhaps $425 million if the upper-target for the Tailwind Re Ltd. (Series 2022-1) transaction is achieved.

Validus, the Bermuda headquartered reinsurance underwriting arm of AIG, has returned to renew its Tailwind catastrophe bond protection, with a $275 million or larger Tailwind Re Ltd. (Series 2022-1) transaction in the market, through which it is seeking a source of aggregate retrocession.