FEMA plans new NFIP flood cat bond, seeks reinsurance transformer
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is planning to sponsor another FloodSmart Re catastrophe bond to provide flood reinsurance to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and is seeking proposals from potential reinsurance transformer partners. FEMA has secured $1.775 billion of collateralized reinsurance from the capital markets across four catastrophe bonds issued under the […]
Cat bond not a “handout”, Jamaica aims to renew by itself: Minister
The fact foreign donors paid for the premiums associated with Jamaica’s first catastrophe bond does not mean it was a “handout” the country’s Minister of Finance has explained. Jamaica’s first catastrophe bond, the recently placed IBRD CAR 130 transaction, was priced and saw the Caribbean island nation securing the upsized target of $185 million of coverage […]
