California
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The broker has analysed the differences in wildfire risk between Northern and Southern California. -
Q2 was the largest quarter for issuance, with $9.6bn of limit placed.
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CA Fairplan’s Golden Bear Re deal upsized 200% to $750mn.
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The note is paying a spread of 975bps, 11.3% below the midpoint of the initial guidance range.
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The shift in multiples is indicative of price softening in the cat bond the past two years.
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The sponsor has $200mn of cat bond protection maturing in December this year.
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The insurer of last resort’s exposure was $696bn as of last September.
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Newsom has yet to sign a pending bill to create a public cat model.
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Jonathan Rinderknecht was arrested Tuesday on destruction of property charges.
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Seller White Mountains will retain a roughly 15% fully diluted equity stake.
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The business has been ~70% owned by White Mountains since January 2024.
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The CEA had $19.3bn of claim-paying capacity as of 31 July.
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The measures also seek to encourage greater wildfire mitigation efforts.
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The company plans to launch in New York and New Jersey next year.
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The sidecar took $19mn of cat losses relating to the California wildfires.
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The model becomes the second in the state to get approval to affect ratemaking applications.
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Mercury’s recovery from the guaranteed percentage of losses is $47mn.
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The bond will provide protection on an industry-loss basis, as reported by PCS.
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Insurers must write policies in high-risk areas in order to incorporate the model.
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The firm reported a net pre-tax cat loss of $414mn from January’s LA wildfires.
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This comes in at the lower end of the initial spread guidance of 725-775 bps.
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PCS's loss estimate for the March Missouri SCS pushed the bond beyond its exhaustion point.
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The California Earthquake Authority upsized its Ursa Re deal by 60% to $400mn.
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The Californian insurer had a private deal, Randolph Re, that provided pure wildfire protection.
