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Munich Re increases transfer of large natural catastrophe risks to the capital markets

2016/01/14

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    Munich Re again has acquired capital market capacity providing cover for natural catastrophe exposure in its book of reinsurance business. The cover is provided through a renewal transaction under its Eden Re II sidecar program and a new catastrophe bond transaction Queen Street XI.

    Munich. Eden Re II Ltd., a Bermuda-registered special purpose insurer, issued Series 2016-1 Notes to investors with a volume of US$ 360m, with those proceeds serving as collateral to Munich Re’s cover for the risk period 1 January until 31 December 2016. The transaction renews the Eden Re II Series 2015-1 whose risk period matured on 31 December 2015 which had a lower volume of US$ 290m. The sidecar transaction transfers risks via quota-share retrocession agreements with pro-rata sharing of risk and premiums. With this transaction, Munich Re transfers a share of its book of non-proportional covers for property cat treaties mainly exposed to natural catastrophe events in North America and Australia to Eden Re II Ltd. Investors in the notes receive a corresponding share of premiums. With this risk transfer structure, investors follow Munich Re’s underwriting standards in full. Munich Re retains a majority of risk exposure from this book of business.

    Using the reinsurance vehicle Queen Street XI Re dac, Munich Re additionally acquired coverage for US hurricane and Australian cyclone risks with a total volume of US$ 100m. The transaction is comparable to previous Queen Street transactions. The notes – which will mature on 7 June 2019 – have been issued by Queen Street XI Re dac, a special purpose reinsurer registered in Ireland. The risk modelling was developed by AIR Worldwide. With this transaction, Munich Re obtains relief for losses from extreme events with a statistical return period of between 65 and 85 years per event. The bond has a variable rate of interest based on the risk premium, equal to 6.15% per annum, and yield paid from a US money market fund collateralising the catastrophe bond.

    Board Member Thomas Blunck said: “The current market environment made both transactions attractive for investors, which at the same time made the risk transfer valuable for us.”

    Munich Re structured and arranged both transactions, while Deutsche Bank Securities acted as Sole Bookrunner.

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