reinsurance

Palomar Insurance Holdings, the speciality California-headquartered insurer that provides largely catastrophe exposed property products, has now secured its latest Torrey Pines Re Ltd. (Series 2022-1) catastrophe bond at the revised lower-end $275 million target size, but with its coupons priced at the elevated levels we reported yesterday.

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market needs to address some of the issues that have emerged through the soft market period in reinsurance, in order to ensure it can hold onto its capital base, Luca Albertini, CEO of Leadenhall Capital Partners explained to us in a recent interview.

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) is back in the catastrophe bond market as it puts together its reinsurance tower, seeking a $185 million or greater Alamo Re Ltd. (Series 2022-1) cat bond that will act as a renewal of a maturing issuance from 2019.

Under pressure U.S. primary insurance carrier group FedNat has revealed that its plan of action it sent the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (FOIR) involves the company shrinking considerably and reverting to a Florida only carrier, in order to be able to buy sufficient reinsurance.

The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) is back in the catastrophe bond market for the first time in more than a year, seeking $275 million or more of collateralized California earthquake reinsurance protection through an Ursa Re II Ltd. (Series 2022-1) issuance.

A new catastrophe bond issuance is in the market that seeks to secure more than $170 million of capital markets backed named storm reinsurance for two insurance carriers that are majority owned by HSCM Bermuda, with dual-series Marlin Re Ltd. cat bonds being offered to investors.

Munich Re has delivered a €608m profit for the first-quarter of 2022 despite a reasonably high burden from catastrophes, the COVID-19 pandemic and the first claims related to the conflict in Ukraine.

Peak Reinsurance Company (Peak Re), the Hong Kong headquartered global reinsurer, is sponsoring its first ever catastrophe bond, with a $75 million Hong Kong domiciled Black Kite Re Limited (Series 2022-1) issuance.

The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), the financial regulator for one of the world’s most important insurance and reinsurance markets, has announced the promotion of its Chief Actuary, Ricardo Garcia, to the role of Managing Director.

The recently completed $150 million Gateway Re Ltd. (Series 2022-1) debut catastrophe bond transaction from SURE, or the SureChoice Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange, is seen as an “essential” piece of the reinsurance tower and a complement to traditional coverage, according to SURE President Ed Konar.