The remnants of hurricane Ida have continued to drop torrential rain along its path north east and its slow pace and heavy downpours have now flooded parts of New York, all of which is heightening the risk posed to FEMA’s catastrophe bonds and reinsurance tower for the National Flood Insurance Program.
As we explained yesterday in our analysis of catastrophe bonds that have seen secondary market price declines in the wake of hurricane Ida’s landfall and impacts in Louisiana and the surrounding region, the FloodSmart Re catastrophe bonds are among those considered potentially exposed.
The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been procuring reinsurance for its National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for a few years now, both from traditional reinsurers and the capital markets using catastrophe bonds.
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