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The new cat bond will add to $450mn worth of existing cover protecting the reinsurer.
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This is the InsurTech’s first sally into the cat bond market.
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The deal will add to $480mn in prior Bonanza Re cover for American Strategic Insurance.
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Catastrophe reinsurers are already off to a messy start for the year and may have eroded a significant part of their year-to-date Q1 cat budgets as floods are still unfolding in Australia following recent European/UK windstorms.
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The cat bond provides a mix of per occurrence and annual aggregate cover.
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The first month of the year was quiet for natural catastrophe events.
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The cat bond is on behalf of Lloyd’s Syndicate 1301 and is Inigo’s first entry to the market.
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Pool Re offers protection against terrorism in England.
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The company is focusing on non-catastrophe offerings, such as P&C.
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The Bermuda transformer placed a total of $402.2mn of cover last year.
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The deal would bring the North Carolina residual insurer’s total ILS coverage to $650mn.
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There were 220 trades in the secondary market in Q4, as aggregate and Florida bonds were less liquid.