Travelers

U.S. primary insurer The Travelers Companies, Inc. has successfully sponsored its fourth catastrophe bond transaction with the recently completed Long Point Re III Ltd. (Series 2013-1) transaction. The second issuance under its Long Point Re III Cayman Islands domiciled SPV, this deal secures Travelers a $300m three-year source of fully-collateralized reinsurance protection against hurricanes in […]

Another catastrophe bond has increased in size while being marketed and has also seen its price guidance reduced, following the trend of larger and more keenly priced cat bonds that has been the feature of the 2013 cat bond market so far. The Long Point Re III Ltd. (Series 2013-1) deal is U.S. insurer Travelers […]

U.S. insurance company Travelers is bringing its fourth catastrophe bond to market and the second under its Long Point Re III Cayman Islands domiciled cat bond note issuing entity. Previously Travelers has tapped the cat bond market for reinsurance protection against U.S. hurricane risks in 2007 with Longpoint Re Ltd., 2009 with Longpoint Re II […]

U.S. insurer Travelers 2009 catastrophe bond issuance Longpoint Re II Ltd. was one of the transactions which saw changes to its risk profile when it was remodelled using the latest version of the RMS hurricane risk model (V. 11) at its annual reset. At the time Travelers said that it suspected the attachment point may […]

GC Securities, the investment banking and registered broker-dealer arm of reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, have issued a press release regarding their involvement as lead structurer and joint bookrunner on the recently completed Long Point Re III Ltd. catastrophe bond which was issued on behalf of sponsoring U.S. insurer Travelers. GC Securities successfully assisted in the […]

Yesterday we wrote that U.S. insurer Travelers had successfully completed their latest catastrophe bond Long Point Re III Ltd. but today we’ve seen that Travelers 2009 issue cat bond Longpoint Re II Ltd. is a cause for some concern for the firm. Cat bonds usually contain clauses that state the triggering parameters such as attachment […]

U.S. insurer Travelers have successfully completed their latest catastrophe bond Long Point Re III Ltd. today. It’s Travelers third trip to the cat bond market with two previous deals, Longpoint Re Ltd. and Longpoint Re II Ltd., having been transacted previously. The successful issuance of this $250m cat bond takes 2012 volumes to $3.588 billion […]

Investor demand for catastrophe bonds continues to be demonstrated by the transactions issued this year as the latest cat bond in the market, the Long Point Re III Ltd. deal sponsored by U.S. insurer Travelers, becomes the latest to upsize during marketing. Almost every cat bond issued in recent months has increased in size to […]

The latest catastrophe bond of 2012 was launched last week when we revealed that U.S. insurance group Travelers would be returning to the cat bond market with their third transaction, Long Point Re III Ltd. This deal see’s Travelers re-use the naming convention (with the addition of a space) of their two previous cat bonds, […]

U.S. insurance group Travelers is bringing their third catastrophe bond to market through a newly established program called Long Point Re III Ltd. according to sources in the ILS market. Travelers are continuing the Longpoint Re naming tradition of their two earlier transactions, Longpoint Re Ltd. and Longpoint Re II Ltd. The latest cat bond […]