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Direct-to-consumer insurtech company, Kin Insurance has hailed the substantial improvement in pricing for its latest catastrophe bond issuance, the $300 million Hestia Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) transaction, the company’s largest cat bond yet.

Kin sponsored its debut $175 million Hestia Re Ltd. (Series 2022-1) catastrophe bond cover back in April 2022.

Kin returned to the catastrophe bond market in February, initially targeting $200 million or more in Florida named storm reinsurance protection, from this Hestia Re 2025-1 deal, the company’s third cat bond.

In our first update on the deal, we revealed that that target size for the issuance had increased by 50% to $300 million, as well as by more than 70% from the expiring Hestia Re 2022-1 cat bond, due to strong investor demand being seen across the cat bond market.

Then, in late February, we reported that Kin had managed to secure its upsized target of $300 million for this Hestia Re 2025-1 deal, while the final pricing of the two tranches of Series 2025-1 notes were at the low-end of the already reduced guidance range.

The transaction features two tranches of Series 2025-1 notes, a $200 million Class A tranche and a $100 million Class B tranche, which will provide Kin with a three hurricane season source of fully-collateralized Florida named storm reinsurance, on a indemnity trigger and per-occurrence basis, running from June 1st this year to three years after the issuance completes.

Angel Conlin, Chief Insurance Officer at Kin, commented: “The success of this transaction, particularly the substantial improvement in pricing terms, validates our disciplined approach to risk selection and portfolio management. This enhanced protection at more favorable terms directly benefits our policyholders by strengthening our claims-paying ability while reducing our overall cost structure.”

According to Kin, the company’s new catastrophe bond represents a pivotal component of a comprehensive 2025 reinsurance program, for Kin-managed reciprocal exchanges, which protects a rapidly growing policyholder base across multiple states.

Sean Harper, CEO of Kin, said: “Insurers and their customers have experienced higher reinsurance rates a few years in a row. We are happy to see reinsurance rates begin to decrease for our reciprocal exchanges, which will benefit our policyholders.

“In addition to improvement in the market, the dramatically improved terms reflect investors’ growing confidence in our technology-driven approach to homeowners insurance and our ability to effectively manage catastrophe exposure. This transaction strengthens the capital position of our reciprocal exchanges and supports our continued expansion while maintaining our commitment to providing affordable coverage in catastrophe-prone regions.”

Insurance and reinsurance broker Howden’s capital markets and insurance-linked securities (ILS) specialist unit, Howden Capital Markets & Advisory served as the exclusive structuring agent and bookrunner for the transaction.

Mitchell Rosenberg, Co-Head of Global ILS at Howden Capital Markets & Advisory, added: “The substantial upsizing and favorable pricing of this transaction highlight the ILS market’s strong appetite for supporting innovative and top performing insurers like the Kin reciprocals, that continue to demonstrate model outperformance, transparent communication, and a proven track record in underwriting and claims.

“We’re proud to have helped Kin Interinsurance Network achieve these exceptional terms, which represent a significant improvement over previous issuances.”

As a reminder, you can read all about the Hestia Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) catastrophe bond from Kin and every other cat bond deal issued in our extensive Artemis Deal Directory.

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Reask, the catastrophe modelling, climate analytics and data specialist, has announced that it has appointed Moody’s Joss Matthewman as its new Chief Revenue Officer, to help support the company’s next phase of growth.

Matthewman brings extensive experience in insurance, reinsurance and catastrophe modelling, as well as a deep understanding of how models are built, applied, and scaled across global re/insurance, parametric insurance, and insurance-linked securities (ILS) markets.

He joins the organisation from ratings agency Moody’s (previously RMS) where he spent four years as Senior Director of Climate Change Product Management & Strategy, responsible for driving go-to-market and product strategy across all climate change products.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Matthewman worked at specialist insurer and reinsurer Hiscox, where he held the role of Group Head of Catastrophe Exposure Management, overseeing the the groups catastrophe risk exposure across all exposed lines of business.

In addition, Matthewman started his career by working as a catastrophe model developer at RMS, where he held various roles leading model development across hurricane wind and storm surge risk.

Reask said that Matthewman’s unique experience in re/insurance and catastrophe modelling go-to-market strategy, coupled with the firm’s product market-fit made him the clear choice to spearhead the company’s next phase of customer-centric growth.

Addressing his appointment, Matthewman said: “With their demonstrated expertise in catastrophe risk and cutting-edge innovation, I am delighted to be joining Reask. I very much look forward to having this opportunity to help drive continued growth of the company.”

Jamie Rodney, CEO of Reask, commented: “Joss is a rare and exceptional talent having worked across the entire value-chain of building, buying and selling models. Coupled with his deep curiosity and ability to provide extreme weather data solutions that do not exist today, there is no one better positioned to understand the challenges our customers face. Joss’ expertise will be key in delivering value and maximising our product-market fit as we enter our next phase of growth.”

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Yokahu, an insurtech and Lloyd’s Coverholder, has announced the launch of a parametric risk exchange platform for the London insurance and reinsurance market, aiming to seamlessly connect brokers, carriers, and data providers to streamline parametric risk transfer transactions.

Yokahu believes that its launch of cat-risk.com will reduce friction in the market when it comes to trading in parametric insurance or reinsurance arrangements, while ensuring fast, transparent payouts when catastrophic events strike.

The company says that it has built its new parametric risk exchange with a goal to enhance the market, rather than disrupt it, transforming what can be a slow and high-friction process to allow for rapid quote and bind times, while offering real-time risk assessment, pricing and importantly seamless capacity allocation to parametric opportunities.

The cat-risk.com platform will enable multiple carriers to co-insure parametric risks that are placed on the platform, based upon the individual risk appetites of capital providers.

So it appears that capital will be able to express its risk appetite for deals, to win access to parametric opportunities through Yokahu’s new parametric risk exchange.

As a Lloyd’s Coverholder, Yokahu will administer each carrier’s portfolio separately and discreetly, allocating capacity to the deal presented using “BiPar principles in a manner that reflects the traditions of trading at Lloyd’s but in a digital context,” the company said.

Yokahu explained that, “This allows more risk carriers to enter the parametric climate resilience market with smaller initial lines and reduced portfolio volatility.”

Policy triggering will be automated through the digital parametric risk exchange, with any claims instantly presented for approval to carriers reducing claim payment times to as little as 48 hours.

The platform has been launched with support for extreme weather risks, including hurricanes, typhoons, and storms, with limits up to $5 million per transaction, but the goal is to include earthquake coverage and higher limits, as well as enhanced risk insights from data partners.

Yokahu said the platform launch already sees leading data providers such as Reask involved, while it is being supported by major capacity providers and top-tier brokers as well.

Tim McCosh, Founder & CEO of Yokahu, commented, “Parametric insurance has long been heralded as a solution for fast, reliable disaster payouts, but inefficiencies in placement have hindered adoption. With cat-risk.com, we are delivering on the promise of parametric insurance – removing barriers, improving accessibility, and ensuring resilience in the face of growing climate and disaster risks.”

Farid Tejani, Co-Founder of Yokahu, added, “This is about evolution, not revolution. cat-risk.com enhances the existing parametric insurance ecosystem, making transactions smoother, data integration stronger, and payouts faster. We believe this will help unlock the full potential of parametric insurance for businesses, governments, and communities worldwide.”

Yokahu CFO, Carsten Wolheimer, further stated, “cat-risk.com is an important step forward in combining financial markets expertise with innovative parametric risk transfer. By streamlining transactions and leveraging robust financial market principles, we are creating a more efficient, transparent, and scalable solution for disaster risk transfer, fully aligned with Yokahu’s vision for a digital insurance marketplace that delivers real impact.”

Digitally connecting parametric risk transfer opportunities from cedents more directly and efficiently to risk capital providers is a natural evolution for the market and one that has been gaining increasing attention, with other platforms already available that seek to address this.

Yokahu, with its Lloyd’s Coverholder focus, can channel parametric risk through its platform to Lloyd’s capital providers, which could help to make parametric opportunities more readily accessible, while also enabling cedents to get access to broader panels and more competitive capital, as well as offering faster payouts and digital monitoring of risk transfer arrangements.

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Insurance technology veteran Sandra DeSilva has announced the launch of Mythen, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered parametric insurance platform and reinsurer, based in Bermuda and Texas, that specialises in writing natural catastrophe risks.

Mythen, is comprised of a team of global insurance, reinsurance and technology experts who aim to leverage advanced technologies in order to provide liquidity and coverage for otherwise difficult to insure risks.

According to the announcement, Mythen’s multi-disciplinary team of industry veterans will use AI, machine learning, underwriting, modelling, remote sensing, and other technologies for developing insurance products, structuring coverage, and taking risk.

“We are using the latest technologies and working with highly-skilled partner companies to penetrate deeper into the insurance market with products across the natural and other catastrophe risk spectrum,” commented DeSilva.

She continued: “We are motivated to help combat climate change and close the widening insurance gap by providing the technology to administer global portfolios subject to climate risk and uncertainty.

“I am delighted with the team as we are addressing critical social and environmental needs.”

Moreover, Mythen Holdings Bermuda oversees Mythen Insurance Services, and is made up of a Texas-based managing general underwriter (MGU), as well as a claims service unit, Mythen Claims Services, and Mythen Re, which is a Bermuda Class 3a insurer which has a fully collateralized Bermuda segregated cell, Eiger 2025.

The organisation has ambitions to help alternative reinsurance capital sources, including those from the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, access more risk in parametric form.

Therefore, by offering structured parametric solutions, Mythen seeks to bridge the gap between ILS investors and natural catastrophe risk, which will ultimately help create new opportunities for efficient capital deployment.

In addition, Mythen has also partnered with Texas-based insurer Southlake Specialty Insurance Company, which provides paper, fronting, and leverage, while the MGU enjoys quota share coverage from partners in the wider reinsurance market.

“Mythen’s parametric solution is a prime example of Southlake’s dedication to innovation and the use of technology to drive the insurance industry forward. Sandra’s team is addressing the critical challenge of providing first-dollar coverage in a complex market. After seeing the demo, we immediately recognized its potential to revolutionize how businesses manage wind exposure—and knew we had to be part of it,” said Yogesh Kumar, CEO of Southlake.

At the core of Mythen Insurance Services is a technology platform that links data, risk analytics, and forecasting expertise to manage portfolios and covering insurance risk.

The company has begun underwriting windstorm risk, namely US hurricane risk, utilising parametric trigger products designed to minimise the time time to pay claims as well as keeping internal expenses low.

Engineered for simplicity and accessibility, the product is tailored for brokers and clients, ensuring seamless adoption.

At the same time, Mythen’s WindSpeed™ technology and online platform enables instant quoting, portfolio management, while also allowing for upscaling risk and seamless hedging.

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Urs Ramseier, Chief Executive Officer of insurance-linked securities (ILS) manager Twelve Securis, expects significant growth in the parametric ILS market as technological advances enhance data quality, modelling, and trigger precision, creating new opportunities for business interruption coverage and protection where traditional insurance and reinsurance solutions are lacking.

At the Artemis ILS NYC 2025 conference, AM Best spoke with Ramseier about the current state of the parametric ILS marketplace.

He explained that parametric ILS has primarily been part of the catastrophe bond space, including those issued by the World Bank. However, a growing number of private parametric ILS transactions are now entering the market, which Ramseier views as a positive development offering new opportunities for investors.

Ramseier highlighted the advantages of parametric ILS structures over traditional ones.

“Parametric is clear in terms of trigger,” said Ramseier. “There is no risk of trapped collateral, and this means that internal rate of returns are superior to indemnity transactions, because you don’t have the dilution of the risk premium when the collateral is trapped, you have certainty on the liquidity.”

He added, “So basically, we can offer higher liquidity terms for our investors on the fund level, and you don’t have side pockets on commingled ILS funds.”

Ramseier also emphasised the role of technology in driving the growth of parametric ILS.

“I think technology is the key driver behind it. More power to compute these models, better data—this is really the driver of parametric development in insurance, reinsurance, and also the ILS space,” he noted.

He addressed a common misconception that parametric structures carry significant basis risk—the gap between an event occurring and a payout being triggered—explaining that technological advancements are helping to minimise this.

“A lot of people think there is a lot of basis risk for the buyer of ILS solutions, but I think with this technology, we can reduce or mitigate the basis risk a lot. Getting the trigger closer to the exposure is a development that has only become possible due to this better technology we have,” said Ramseier.

Looking ahead, Ramseier anticipates massive growth in the parametric space, opening up new demand for business interruption coverage and protection in areas where traditional insurance and reinsurance markets currently lack solutions.

The full AM Best interview with Twelve Securis’ CEO at Artemis ILS NYC 2025 is embedded below.



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Porch Group, the owner of insurer Homeowners of America Insurance Company (HOA) which was impacted by the Vesttoo reinsurance letter of credit (LOC) collateral fraud, has agreed a $7.1 million settlement over constructive trust claims with the Vesttoo Creditors Liquidating Trust, court documents show.

An order has been entered in the Delaware bankruptcy court approving a Stipulation between the Vesttoo Creditors Liquidating Trust and Porch in the Chapter 11 case.

It relates to so-called constructive trust claims related to a reinsurance transaction for HOA that utilised a specific White Rock cell and under these claims, which had been disputed by the bankruptcy Trust, Porch had asserted entitlement to $15,011,392.70 in cash held by the Liquidating Trust.

The Trust continues to dispute Porch’s assertions, but the court order states that “to avoid the substantial risks and expenses of litigation, the Parties have negotiated this Stipulation in good faith and at arms’ length to resolve this dispute,” and so a settlement has been agreed.

The parties have agreed to a payment of $7.1 million for Porch to settle these claims, as a result of which Porch shall waive all future claims against the bankruptcy debtors and Liquidating Trust in the Vesttoo bankruptcy case, it seems, aside from any general unsecured claims that emerge which would then be subject to reduction due to this payment that is now seemingly due.

The settlement does not constitute any admission by any party, simply being a settlement to avoid the ongoing costs and challenges associated with any continuation of the litigation, is how we understand it.

Continuing the litigation over the constructive trust claims held by Porch could have resulted in additional costs for the bankruptcy trust, and other parties including Porch, hence finding a settlement agreement was deemed important to reduce this risk, it appears.

For Porch, the settlement adds to recoveries the company will make to cover some of the significant costs it has suffered due to the Vesttoo scandal.

For some background recall that, Homeowners of America Insurance Company (HOA), the Porch subsidiary, had been revealed as one of the first companies to be exposed to Vesttoo’s fraudulent reinsurance letters of credit (LOCs).

It has since pursued remedies in the courts to help the company recover some of the value destroyed by the Vesttoo fraud, saying it would vigorously pursue all damages caused to the firm by the incident.

We haven’t covered the Vesttoo debacle for some time, but parties impacted by the fraud, such as Porch, have continued to pursue damages in the courts to recover some of the value lost and destroyed.

Recall that Porch initially said its Homeowners of America Insurance Company (HOA) subsidiary had an exposure to reinsurance contracts arranged via Vesttoo, as a result of which the company realised a charge of $48.2 million in its second-quarter 2023 results and said it was pursuing $300 million of collateral from a letter of credit (LOC).

Porch had to replace significant HOA reinsurance limit that was affected by fraudulent letters of credit collateral and made additional investments into its Homeowners of America Insurance Company to help it recover from the episode.

The company had also agreed a $30 million strategic arrangement with Aon, that included releasing all claims related to the Vesttoo fraud that it had made against the broker.

Porch had also filed a law suit in New York against China Construction Bank Corporation, over the Vesttoo reinsurance collateral fraud, accusing the massive Chinese bank of “enabling its personnel to perpetrate a colossal fraud” on the plaintiffs.

The company had also sued broker Gallagher Re, claiming it “grossly mismanaged” the administration of the reinsurance, a case which seemingly remains in limbo at this time, while its aforementioned case against China Construction Bank had been combined with one filed by program services and fronting specialist Incline P&C Group.

The China Construction Bank and Gallagher cases continue, it seems, with no adjudication or any settlements to-date that we’re aware of. Other cases related to the Vesttoo fraud also continue, although with little progress and no further recoveries it seems at this time.

But, Porch has now secured this further $7.1 million settlement with the Vesttoo Creditors Liquidating Trust to cover some more of the damages its business has suffered, enabling it to make another recovery and close another thread in this saga for the company.

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Oxbridge Re Ltd., the Cayman Islands based reinsurance company, has now confirmed its two tranche offering of tokenized reinsurance securities that will fund its collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle Oxbridge Re NS for 2025, with 20% and 42% return targets.

Oxbridge Re launched is Web3-focused venture SurancePlus back in 2022, utilising digital ledger technology to create tokenized reinsurance securities using the Avalanche blockchain.

These tokenized reinsurance securities act as a funding mechanism to support the firm’s collateralized reinsurance sidecar vehicle Oxbridge Re NS, with investors that buy into the securities gaining access to reinsurance-linked returns generated through the sidecar and its quota share arrangements with Oxbridge Re.

The reinsurer raised $2.4 million through its first sale of digital or tokenized reinsurance securities, which were named DeltaCat Re in 2023.

That $2.4 million of capital was used to support collateralized reinsurance contracts, underwritten via its sidecar structure, Oxbridge Re NS.

The DeltaCat Re tokenized reinsurance sidecar securities realised a 49% return for their investors, surpassing initial and updated expectations.

In early 2024, Oxbridge Re raised $2.88 million for its sidecar structure through a series of EpsilonCat Re tokenized reinsurance securities, issued by its subsidiary SurancePlus Inc, which had a target return of 42%.

Those EpsilonCat Re digital reinsurance securities run through till the mid-year of 2025, at which point their returns will be known.

We then reported in November 2024 that Oxbridge Re was planning to expand its tokenized reinsurance securities offering, with the launch of a second tranche of notes that had a lower risk-return profile, saying at the time that a high yield token would target a 42% return, and a balanced yield token would target 22%.

That latest offering, for the 2025 to 2026 reinsurance contract year, has now opened and Oxbridge Re has confirmed this two tranche approach, one being higher-yield and one a lower-yielding reinsurance investment opportunity.

Oxbridge Re is launching offerings for EtaCat Re securities that will have a 20% return target and ZetaCat Re securities that have a 42% return target, with both supporting its provision of reinsurance to property and casualty insurers in the Gulf Coast region of the United States through the 2025 to 2026 wind season.

The company said, “These blockchain-powered offerings open access to an asset class that was previously exclusive to institutional investors and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. Now, a wider range of investors can access SurancePlus’ tokenized reinsurance securities, targeting high-yield returns backed by Real-World Assets (RWAs) through real-world reinsurance contracts.”

Denominated in shares of $10 each, the funds raised through the offering of these securities will be invested into collateralized reinsurance contracts supporting the Cayman Islands sidecar structure Oxbridge Re NS.

Jay Madhu, CEO of Oxbridge, said, “We are excited to launch this year’s offering, especially with the introduction of our balanced-yield, security-backed token, which targets a broader investor base with a projected 20% return. SurancePlus is democratizing an asset class that was once exclusive to high-net-worth individuals, now allowing investors to participate with as little as $5,000.”

Oxbridge Re is utilising digital asset technology and architecture, in order to facilitate fractionalised investments into reinsurance-linked securities, which is an interesting approach.

These remain small, in issuance terms of tranches seen so far, but the reinsurer continues to plough ahead with this technology-based approach to reinsurance investments and it will be interesting to see what can be raised for the 2025 contract year.

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Artemis has learned that direct-to-consumer insurtech company, Kin Insurance, has now successfully priced its latest catastrophe bond transaction, securing the 50% upsized target of $300 million of Florida named storm reinsurance protection from the Hestia Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) issuance, which marks the company’s largest cat bond yet.

At the same time, we’re told the final pricing of the two tranches of Series 2025-1 notes were at the low-end of the already reduced guidance range.

Kin sponsored its debut $175 million Hestia Re Ltd. (Series 2022-1) catastrophe bond cover back in April 2022.

The company then returned to the cat bond market with a $100 million Hestia Re Ltd. (Series 2023-1) issuance in March 2023.

Kin then ventured back to the catastrophe bond market in early February, looking to secure $200 million or more in Florida named storm protection from this Hestia Re 2025-1 deal.

As we reported in our first update on this new deal, the target size was increased to as much as $300 million, while at the same time the price guidance range was lowered for both tranches of cat bond notes.

Now, sources have told us that the upsized target of $300 million has been secured, with the notes priced at the bottom of reduced guidance.

As a result, Hestia Re Ltd., Kin’s Bermuda-based special purpose insurer (SPI), will issue $300 million in two tranches of Series 2025-1 notes.

These notes will provide the sponsor with a three hurricane season source of fully-collateralized Florida named storm reinsurance, on a indemnity trigger and per-occurrence basis, running from June 1st this year to three years after the issuance completes.

The Class A tranche of notes of Series 2025-1 notes, which were originally $100 million in size, were then lifted to a targeted $175 million to $200 million in size, has now been priced at $200 million, so the top end of its upsized guidance.

The Hestia Re 2025-1 Class A notes have an initial base expected loss of 1.51% and were first offered to cat bond investors with price guidance in a range from 7.25% to 8%.

That priced guidance was updated at a lower level, with a spread of between 6.75% to 7.25% then being offered to investors, and we’re told the pricing has now been finalised at the low-end of the spread at 6.75%.

The riskier Class B tranche have been priced at $100 million in size, which is the same price they were originally being offered to investors.

The Hestia Re 2025-1 Class B notes have an initial base expected loss of 2.03% and were first offered to cat bond investors with price guidance in a range from 8.25% to 9%.

In our last update on this deal, we revealed that the priced guidance had also fallen and had been fixed at the low-end of 8.25%.

This is a strong result for Kin, as this latest cat bond builds on the company’s previous success across the market. Kin has maximised its opportunity to increase its reinsurance protection from the capital markets with this Hestia Re 2025-1 deal, capitalising on the strong demand being seen from the cat bond investor base, while also securing the coverage at attractive pricing.

As a reminder, you can read all about this Hestia Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) in the extensive Artemis Deal Directory that includes details on almost every cat bond ever issued.

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Direct-to-consumer insurtech company Kin Insurance is looking to upsize its new Hestia Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) catastrophe bond transaction, with now as much as $300 million of Florida named storm reinsurance being targeted from the deal, we can report.

Kin returned to the cat bond market in early February looking to secure $200 million or more in Florida named storm protection from this Hestia Re 2025-1 deal.

Kin had sponsored its debut $175 million Hestia Re Ltd. (Series 2022-1) catastrophe bond cover back in April 2022.

The company then returned with a $100 million Hestia Re Ltd. (Series 2023-1) issuance in March 2023.

Kin’s 2022 Hestia Re cat bond is still marked down around 10 points in secondary broker pricing sheets, on exposure to potential losses from hurricane Ian. But it is due to mature in April this year, so as we said it will be interesting to see if those notes draw to par, or are extended to allow for further development.

With this new issuance, initially Hestia Re Ltd. was looking to issue two tranches of Series 2025-1 notes with a preliminary target of $200 million in size, to provide Kin with a three hurricane season source of fully-collateralized Florida named storm reinsurance, on a indemnity trigger and per-occurrence basis, running from June 1st this year to three years after the issuance completes.

Now, sources have told us that Kin’s target has lifted, with from $275 million to as much as $300 million of reinsurance sought from this two tranche Hestia Re 2025-1 issuance.

What was a $100 million tranche of Hestia Re Series 2025-1 Class A notes are now targeted at from $175 million to $200 million in size, we are told.

The Hestia Re 2025-1 Class A notes have an initial base expected loss of 1.51% and were first offered to cat bond investors with price guidance in a range from 7.25% to 8%, but that has now fallen to a revised and lower range of 6.75% to 7.25%.

The $100 million Class B tranche which are riskier remain at that size, we understand.

The Hestia Re 2025-1 Class B notes have an initial base expected loss of 2.03% and were first offered to cat bond investors with price guidance in a range from 8.25% to 9%, but that has also fallen and now been fixed at the low-end of 8.25%.

Both tranches of notes look set to price with lower multiples-at-market than Kin’s previous catastrophe bond deals, as the insurer looks set to benefit from the strong deal execution seen in the cat bond market this year.

You can read all about the Hestia Re Ltd. (Series 2025-1) catastrophe bond from Kin and every other cat bond deal issued in our extensive Artemis Deal Directory.

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Descartes Underwriting, the parametric risk transfer specialist, has announced the appointment of Blanca Berruguete as Head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Distribution and Client Management, where she will be based in Madrid, and report to Descartes’ co-founder and Chief Insurance Officer Sébastien Piguet.

In her new role, Berruguete will be responsible for EMEA business development and client services, as well as leading Descartes’ European commercial team.

Berruguete has spent 25 years serving clients and brokers across the commercial insurance sector, which has allowed her to develop a keen focus on building value for clients.

Most recently she served as Global Industry Solutions Director for Construction at Allianz Commercial, part of global insurer Allianz, where she worked closely with underwriters and key account executives to build industry specific expertise and best practices.

Furthermore, Berruguete has also previously served in leadership roles in broking and underwriting, both in London and Madrid, at notable firms, including Generali, the Corporation of Lloyd’s of London, AIG, Zurich Insurance, as well as brokers Heath Lambert and AJ Gallagher.

Addressing her appointment, Berruguete said: “I have worked with many of Europe’s leading commercial insurers to support clients with large, challenging risk transfer requirements, but Descartes’ tech-based approach gives me much greater flexibility. Through Descartes I will be able to provide much more bespoke coverage that better matches the specific needs of each of our brokers and their clients.”

Piguet, added: “We are fortunate to attract a business development leader such as Blanca. Her strong commitment to providing value to clients while building long-term relationships aligns perfectly with Descartes’ mission of offering, in partnership with carriers and brokers, the best coverage for each and every client.”

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