Brazil authorises first ILS structure Andrina, sponsored by reinsurer IRB Re

The Brazilian insurance regulator SUSEP has now authorised the first insurance-linked securities (ILS) structure in the country, with Andrina sponsored by IRB Re and now approved to issue Letra de Risco de Seguro (Insurance Risk Letters), which is the name for the insurance-linked notes a Brazilian ILS structure can issue to be sold to investors. […]

CCRIF pays $4.67m to Honduras under parametric excess rainfall insurance

The CCRIF SPC (formerly known as the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) has made a payout of US $4.67 million to the Government of Honduras after its parametric excess rainfall insurance policy was triggered following a severe event in November, taking CCRIF parametric payouts made for the current policy year to almost US $118 million. […]

IRB Re gets first ILS structure in Brazil approved by regulator

The Brazilian insurance regulator, Superintendence of Private Insurance (SUSEP), has approved the country’s first insurance-linked securities (ILS) structure, Andrina, sponsored by IRB Re. The authorisation allows Andrina Sociedade Seguradora de Propósito Específico, or Andrina Special Purpose Insurance Company, to issue Letra de Risco de Seguro (Insurance Risk Letters), the designated term for insurance-linked notes in […]

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