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Palomar Holdings in California Closes $400M Cat Bond with Torrey Pines Re

La Jolla, Calif.-based Palomar Holdings Inc. announced that through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Palomar Specialty Insurance Co. and Palomar Excess and Surplus Insurance Co., the company has successfully closed a $400 million 144A catastrophe bond completed through Torrey Pines Re Pte. …

Willis Re Securities Completes €120 Million Catastrophe Bond for France’s Covéa Mutual

Willis Re Securities reports it has structured and placed EUR 120 million of insurance-linked securities (ILS) to provide reinsurance capacity for Covéa Mutual Insurance Group, France’s largest domestic property/casualty insurance group. The transaction was executed in collaboration with Willis Towers …

Willis Towers Watson Places Cat Bond for France’s Covea Mutual

Willis Towers Watson Securities said it has structured and placed EUR 90 million of insurance-linked securities (ILS) for Covea Mutual Insurance Group, France’s largest domestic property/casualty insurance group. The transaction was executed in collaboration with Willis Towers Watson’s reinsurance business, …

2015 Cat Bond Activity Down Slightly from Record Levels in 2014: GC Securities

While property and casualty catastrophe bond primary issuance levels were “uncharacteristically low” in the fourth quarter of 2015, totals at year-end were only slightly lower than the all-time high levels reported in 2014, according to GC Securities, a division of …

RMS: Cat Bond Analysis Reveals Market Predictions of Price Bottom Are Optimistic

Return relative to risk values for catastrophe bonds at current prices are actually higher in 2015 than they were last year, even though recent market commentary suggests that market prices have stabilized, according to research by RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based …

Amtrak Sponsors $275M Cat Bond for Northeast Storm Surge, Wind, Quake

Amtrak is getting $275 million of reinsurance protection from the capital markets for its wholly owned captive, covering storm surge, wind and earthquake perils, according to GC Securities. GC Securities, the capital markets arm of reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, announced …

Midyear Renewals Show Early Signs of Price Stabilization: JLT Re Report

Downward pricing pressures eased during the June 1 and July 1 renewals – the first time since January 2013 – which suggests that a reinsurance pricing floor is not far away, according to a report published by JLT Re. “Although …

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Capital Markets Adds $10M Cat Bond to Florida Book

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Capital Markets (JLTCM) Inc., part of JLT Re, has arranged a private placement catastrophe bond, Market Re 2015-1, which closed at $10 million. The new bond provides one year indemnity-based collateralized catastrophe reinsurance coverage for the cedant’s …

Report: Active 4Q Pushes 2011 Cat Bond Issuance Over $4 Billion

It was a traditionally active fourth quarter for cat bond issuance stayed in 2011, according to the Insurance-Linked Securities Market Update from Willis Capital Markets & Advisory. The quarter saw nine new non-life issues brought to market, totaling $2 billion …