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Slide secures $250mn Purple Re 2025-1 cat bond
Proceeds will expand the company’s reinsurance protection in Florida and South Carolina.
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Cat bond market discount margin 6.33% at end of April: Plenum
The total yield, inclusive of the risk-free rate, was down on the same period last year.
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Analysis
Some $200mn of fresh limit entered the ILS market as $3.4bn of deals priced.
Sources believe the market will grow gradually over years after its initial cluster of dealmaking.
Cat bond sponsors continue to secure higher limits and lower rates versus their targets.
Portfolio rebalancing was not triggered last week, but investors are now distracted and nervous.
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