Ursa Re Ltd.

The California Earthquake Authority’s (CEA) reinsurance program limit continued to grow through the first four months of 2026, to end April at just over $8.2 billion, with catastrophe bonds at the time providing $2.875 billion of that.

The California Earthquake Authority’s (CEA) reinsurance program grew slightly to include limit of $7.912 billion at the end of 2025, while the catastrophe bond market was providing its largest share of the risk transfer tower ever, at 36% of total limit.

Over the last year the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) has benefited from strong execution in the catastrophe bond market to lower both its reinsurance attachment point and costs associated with risk transfer.

Following the mid-year reinsurance renewals the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) now sees catastrophe bonds making up an even larger proportion of its more than $7.83 billion risk transfer tower, at over 33% of the limit provided.

The California Earthquake Authority’s (CEA) risk transfer tower increased in size after the organisation renewed slightly more reinsurance protection at April 1st than was maturing, leaving it with almost $7.8 billion of risk transfer in-force.

The Governing Board of the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) approved a revision to its guidelines for engaging in catastrophe bond risk transfer to the capital markets this week, while also noting a successful reinsurance renewal at April 1st, saying it secured favourable pricing and limit.

As the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) risk transfer needs have been adjusting and its reinsurance tower shrinking, catastrophe bonds now make up almost 32% of the total as of February 28th 2025.

The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) shrank its risk transfer tower through the January renewals, as its traditional reinsurance placements saw further contracts expire, resulting in its catastrophe bonds making up a larger share of the overall at now more than 31%.

The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) has now priced its latest catastrophe bond issuance, successfully doubling the Ursa Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) offering in size to provide it with $400 million in multi-year collateralized California earthquake reinsurance protection.

Artemis has learned that the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) has now increased the target size for its latest catastrophe bond for a second time, lifting its initial Ursa Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) offering by 100% to provide $400 million in multi-year collateralized California earthquake reinsurance protection, while the price guidance remains fixed at 7.5%.