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Beazley successfully closes its first 144A cyber catastrophe bond
2nd January 2024
Specialist insurer Beazley, has closed its first 144A cyber catastrophe bond providing cover of $140 million. This marks Beazley’s first inaugural 144A bond and builds on its $81.5 million cyber catastrophe bond programme of 2023. The PoleStar Re Ltd. Series 2024-1 Class A cyber catastrophe bond notes cover Beazley for ... Read the full article
TWIA advised to commence 2024 reinsurance placement as soon as possible
5th December 2023
The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) has been advised by its reinsurance broker to begin the planning and purchase of its reinsurance as soon as possible, with the state's insurer of last resort potentially needing to buy more than $3 billion in limit for 2024 as exposure growth continues and ... Read the full article
Florida Citizens could purchase as much as $5.5bn of reinsurance for 2024
5th December 2023
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, Florida's property insurer of last resort, could obtain as much as $5.5 billion of reinsurance and catastrophe bond risk transfer next year, as the insurer prepares to merge its three accounts ahead of the 2024 wind season. For 2023, Florida Citizens secured approximately $5.38 billion of ... Read the full article
AXIS successfully closes market’s first 144A cyber catastrophe bond
29th November 2023
Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, today announced the closing of the market’s first 144A cyber catastrophe bond, a $75 million Long Walk Reinsurance Ltd. transaction which provides the firm's subsidiaries with fully collateralized indemnity reinsurance for systemic cyber events on a per-occurrence basis. The $75 million of Series ... Read the full article
Beazley sponsors debut two cat bonds in tandem, one cyber one nat cat
22nd November 2023
Specialist insurer Beazley is tapping the capital markets for reinsurance protection against cyber risks and named storm and earthquake losses with its first two Rule 144a catastrophe bond transactions. After sponsoring three private cyber cat bonds earlier this year, London headquartered Beazley has returned with its debut full 144a issuances, both ... Read the full article
AXIS sponsors first ever 144a cyber catastrophe bond
18th October 2023
As first reported by our insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused sister site, Artemis, Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer AXIS Capital Holdings has sponsored the world's first full 144a cyber catastrophe bond, a $75 million Long Walk Reinsurance Ltd. (Series 2023-1) transaction. Artemis sources confirmed that this cyber cat bond will provide ... Read the full article
Bermuda remains the ILS jurisdiction of choice
12th October 2023
With the outstanding catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) market at an all time high on the back of a record-breaking first half of the year, the industry is meeting in Bermuda over the next two days for the annual Convergence event to discuss the market ... Read the full article
Catastrophe bond market on track for record year despite muted Q3: Report
4th October 2023
Catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance in the first nine months of 2023 increased approximately $2 billion year-on-year to $10.9 billion, with $549 million of new risk capital brought to market in the third-quarter, according to the latest Artemis report. The Artemis Q3 2023 cat ... Read the full article
First half cat bond issuance levels likely to drive future ILS market growth, says Moody’s
18th September 2023
A recent Moody’s report highlights the record level of issuance seen in the catastrophe bond market during the first half of the year, which at $10.3 billion, is expected to drive future growth in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class. Cat bond issuance by the middle of August had exceeded the ... Read the full article
Acrisure Re names Kriesch & Witteveen as Managing Directors for Cat Bond Solutions
10th September 2023
Acrisure Re, the reinsurance division of global fintech Acrisure, has announced the appointment of Sandro Kriesch and Patrick Witteveen as Managing Directors of Catastrophe Bond Solutions within its Corporate Advisory and Solutions (ARCAS) division, effective immediately. Based in Zurich, they will report to Ben Canagaretna, the Global Managing Director of ARCAS. Kriesch ... Read the full article
Record ILS issuance in H1 and a record-breaking year expected: Swiss Re
22nd August 2023
The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market delivered another very strong performance in the first half of 2023 with new issuance breaking records in the period, Swiss Re has revealed, who has also predicted a record-breaking full-year in both the size and number of newly issued bonds. According to Swiss Re’s latest ... Read the full article
Slide secures additional $100m named storm reinsurance protection with second cat bond
13th July 2023
Slide Insurance, a full-stack insurtech focused on providing affordable, effective homeowners coverage, has announced it has finalized pricing for its latest catastrophe bond, closing the $100 million Purple Re Ltd. (Series 2023-2) transaction. This is the second cat bond sponsored by Slide this year, following the initial $100 million ... Read the full article
Catastrophe bond market reaches new heights in Q2 2023: Report
6th July 2023
A huge $7.1 billion of catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance featured in the second-quarter of 2023, taking first-half issuance to a record of more than $10.3 billion, according to the latest quarterly report from our ILS-focused sister publication, Artemis. Data from the ... Read the full article
SURE and SageSure close $100m cat bond to reinsure second and subsequent events
7th June 2023
SageSure, a provider of catastrophe-exposed property insurance, and SureChoice Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange, a policyholder-owned insurer, have announced that SURE has closed a $100 million catastrophe bond to provide reinsurance for second and subsequent events. The catastrophe bond was upsized by 33% from the transaction’s initial $75 million target, with pricing more ... Read the full article
Hippo completes $110m debut catastrophe bond
1st June 2023
Spinnaker Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hippo Holdings Inc., has announced the successful sponsorship of Mountain Re Ltd. Series 2023-1 catastrophe bond. As part of the transaction, Spinnaker is entering into a reinsurance contract with Mountain Re that offers protection against a variety of perils, including named storms, fire ... Read the full article
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