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The terrorism reinsurance pool for the Netherlands has been watching the issuance of the first pure terror risk catastrophe bond with interest and says that it wouldn’t rule out looking to the capital markets for its retrocession.

The issuance of the world’s first terrorism catastrophe bond by UK government-backed mutual terrorism reinsurance facility, Pool Re, is the latest step in its journey of trying to normalise the market through an increased understanding of the risk, according to its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Julian Enoizi.

Pool Re, the UK government backed mutual terrorism reinsurer, has announced the completion of its £2.3 billion retrocession programme, led by reinsurance giant Munich Re.

The recently completed £75 million Baltic PCC Limited (Series 2019) terrorism catastrophe bond, which was sponsored by Pool Re, the UK government-backed mutual terrorism reinsurance facility, achieved a number of innovative firsts.

The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) has become the listing home for notes issued under a UK domiciled catastrophe bond structure for the first time, as the £75 million of notes issued for Pool Re’s first terrorism cat bond find a home there.

Pool Re, the UK government-backed mutual terrorism reinsurance facility, has now successfully completed the issuance of its first terrorism risk catastrophe bond, the £75 million ($97m) Baltic PCC Limited (Series 2019) with the placement said to have been oversubscribed thanks to ILS investor support.

The first standalone terrorism risk catastrophe bond to hit the market, a £75 million Baltic PCC Limited (Series 2019) transaction sponsored by UK government-backed mutual terrorism reinsurance facility Pool Re, has now been priced at the top-end of its initial spread guidance.

Pool Re, the UK government-backed mutual terrorism reinsurance facility, is bringing the first standalone terrorism risk catastrophe bond to market to tap the capital markets for retrocession, in a £75 million ($97m) Baltic PCC Limited (Series 2019) transaction.

The maturing terror risk market continues to intertwine with the rapidly evolving cyber risk landscape, which has developed a truly global peril that will ultimately require new sources of reinsurance capital to narrow the protection gap, according to broker Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance arm of Marsh.

UK government-backed mutual terrorism reinsurance facility Pool Re announced today that it has enlisted the help of GC Securities as it explores the issuance of an insurance-linked securities (ILS), to identify the options available to it in tapping the capital markets for terrorism retrocession.