World Bank has now facilitated over US $4.8bn in catastrophe bonds
The World Bank has now facilitated and issued over US $4.8 billion in catastrophe bonds across 17 transactions we have covered over the years, with $745 million issued over the course of just a few weeks in 2024 to support Mexico and Jamaica’s disaster risk transfer and financing needs. The most recent catastrophe bonds from […]
World Bank has now facilitated over US $4.8bn in catastrophe bonds
The World Bank has now facilitated and issued over US $4.8 billion in catastrophe bonds across 17 transactions we have covered over the years, with $745 million issued over the course of just a few weeks in 2024 to support Mexico and Jamaica’s disaster risk transfer and financing needs. The most recent catastrophe bonds from […]
World Bank has now facilitated over US $4.8bn in catastrophe bonds
The World Bank has now facilitated and issued over US $4.8 billion in catastrophe bonds across 17 transactions we have covered over the years, with $745 million issued over the course of just a few weeks in 2024 to support Mexico and Jamaica’s disaster risk transfer and financing needs. The most recent catastrophe bonds from […]
Puerto Rico gets $282m parametric cover. Says cat bond “opened door” to capital market
The Government of Puerto Rico’s Autoridad de Asesoría Financiera y Agencia Fiscal (Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority) has secured $282 million of parametric disaster insurance cover, with the recent $85 million Puerto Rico Parametric Re Ltd. (Series 2024-1) catastrophe bond seen as a key component that opens the door to the capital markets. Puerto Rico […]
ARC gets Dutch Gov support to make parametric insurance more accessible in Africa
African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd.), the financial affiliate and parametric insurance underwriting entity of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group, has received a $27 million contribution from the Dutch government to help in boosting climate resilience in Africa. The Netherlands has now become the sixth contributor to the African Development Bank’s Africa Disaster Risk […]
UAE flooding property insurance loss seen up to US $2.3bn by Gallagher Re
Demonstrating that large industry loss events from severe weather are possible in the Arabian Gulf region, reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has estimated that the property market insured loss from the recent flooding that affected the United Arab Emirates in April will be between US $1.8 billion and $2.3 billion. That’s not the total insurance market […]
Puerto Rico Parametric Re cat bond grows to $85m, price set to mid-point
The government of Puerto Rico’s first attempt to source parametric insurance from the capital markets through a catastrophe bond appears to have been well-received by the market, as the Puerto Rico Parametric Re Ltd. (Series 2024-1) catastrophe bond has grown to $85 million in size and looks set to price at the mid-point of guidance, Artemis […]
Major solar storm could drive bigger insured loss than Katrina: Bloomberg
Analysis from Bloomberg Intelligence suggests participants in the insurance and reinsurance industry should be seriously considering how they protect themselves against the risks of losses from major solar storms, with the peril having the potential to be as costly as major hurricanes. “A major space storm could cost insurers even more than a hurricane like […]
NZ EQC adds $1bn to reinsurance tower, securing $9.2bn for 2024 renewal
New Zealand’s EQC Toka Tū Ake, previously known as the New Zealand Earthquake Commission, has added more limit to its reinsurance tower, lifting the top by $1 billion for 2024, in a renewal securing $9.2 billion of cover for disaster losses in the country. The EQC has been growing New Zealand’s disaster reinsurance protection over […]
CEA risk transfer tower stable at $9.1bn after near $1.2bn April renewal
The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) has maintained its reinsurance and catastrophe bond tower at $9.1 billion in size through the start of 2024, with its most recent renewals for April 1st seeing the insurer securing almost $1.2 billion in protection. When we last covered the CEA, we reported that the group had reached December 31st […]