Jardine Lloyd Thompson Capital Markets Unveils Market Re with a $10 Million Catastrophe Bond

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Jardine Lloyd Thompson Capital Markets (JLTCM) Inc., which is part of JLT Towers Re, the new force in the reinsurance market, announced it has arranged another private placement catastrophe bond, Market Re 2014-1, which closed at $10 million.

According to a release, the new bond provides two year indemnity- based collateralized catastrophe reinsurance coverage for the cedant's Florida book of business. Market Re is a new vehicle that JLTCM has established to continue to make the capital markets more accessible to issuers looking to do smaller-sized cat bonds.

"At JLTCM, we remain focused on the democratization of the capital markets so that issuance doesn't just remain the domain of larger cedants. We are delighted that we have been able to create a more cost-effective vehicle that will enable cedants to source capital markets capacity for even smaller deals," said Rick Miller, Managing Director and Co-Head of Insurance-Linked Securities at Jardine Lloyd Thompson Capital Markets. "For investors, we are confident that Market Re transactions will allow us to continue to bring new cedants and perils to them in a manner that will allow them to diversify their portfolios."

"We have worked closely with our strategic service partners to build a scalable vehicle that will open up a wide-range of possibilities for our clients. With the growth of alternative capital and the rise of the reinsurance manager, we wanted to find innovative ways to bring cedants and investors together," commented Michael Popkin, Managing Director and Co-Head of Insurance-Linked Securities at Jardine Lloyd Thompson Capital Markets. "Bringing this first (of many) Market Re transactions required the close coordination among all of the service providers, the cedant, and the investors. It was really a team effort."

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Capital Markets, Inc. is a subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group that advises clients in the areas of risk-linked securities, collateralized reinsurance, and other risk transfer solutions involving securities and other capital markets instruments.

JLT Towers Re was formed when JLT Group acquired Towers Watson's reinsurance business and merged it with JLT Reinsurance Brokers, creating a new force in the international reinsurance market.