Capital/Financing Update • Jun 3, 2015
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Corporate | 3 June 2015 11:00
Hannover Re completes new ILS transactions
Hannover Rück SE / Key word(s): Miscellaneous
2015-06-03 / 11:00
Press release
Hannover Re completes new ILS transactions
Hannover, 3 June 2015: Hannover Re has completed two new transactions as part of its insurance-linked securities (ILS) activities. The company has transferred storm risks for the US-based Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (MPIUA) and Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) to the capital markets.
The amount of capital made available by institutional investors is USD 300 million in the case of MPIUA and USD 700 million for TWIA; this is the largest catastrophe bond issued to date in 2015. GC Securities, a division of MMC Securities Corp., served as sole structurer and bookrunner.
“We are delighted that in coordination with our partners we have again successfully transferred insurance risks to the capital markets; this underscores Hannover Re’s long-standing expertise in the field of alternative risk transfer. In so doing, we are able to support our clients while at the same time generating low-risk and stable margins for our company”, Chief Executive Officer Ulrich Wallin noted. Hannover Re had already transferred storm risks to the capital markets for TWIA in the previous year.
Since the placement of the world’s first risk securitisation by Hannover Re in 1994 the company has realised numerous innovative transactions in both property & casualty and life & health reinsurance.
For further information please contact:
Media Relations:
Gabriele Handrick (tel. +49 511 5604-1502,
e-mail: [email protected] )
Investor Relations:
Julia Hartmann (tel. +49 511 5604-1529,
e-mail: [email protected] )
Please visit: www.hannover-re.com
Hannover Re , with gross premium of EUR 14.4 billion, is the third-largest reinsurer in the world. It transacts all lines of property & casualty and life & health reinsurance and is present on all continents with around 2,500 staff. The rating agencies most relevant to the insurance industry have awarded Hannover Re very strong insurer financial strength ratings (Standard & Poor’s AA- “Very Strong” and A.M. Best A+ “Superior”).
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| Language: | English |
| Company: | Hannover Rück SE |
| Karl-Wiechert-Allee 50 | |
| 30625 Hannover | |
| Germany | |
| Phone: | +49-(0)511-5604-1500 |
| Fax: | +49-(0)511-5604-1648 |
| E-mail: | [email protected] |
| Internet: | www.hannover-re.com |
| ISIN: | DE0008402215 |
| WKN: | 840 221 |
| Indices: | MDAX |
| Listed: | Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hanover; Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart; Terminbörse EUREX; Luxemburg |
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