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RMS Performs Analysis for Fremantle Ltd, a
Multi-Peril Catastrophe Swap
$200 Million Series
Issued for Three-Year Multi-Event Cover
Newark, Calif. – June 21, 2007
– Risk Management Solutions (RMS), the
world’s leading provider of products and services for the management of
catastrophe risk, has designed the trigger mechanisms and performed the
risk analysis for a securitization of multi-peril, multi-event
catastrophe risk.
Covering U.S. earthquake and hurricane risk, Japan earthquake and
typhoon risk, and Europe windstorm risk, the securities were issued by
Fremantle Ltd, a Cayman Islands SPV, providing $200 million of
collateralized multi-event cover for Brit Insurance Limited, a
subsidiary of Brit Insurance Holdings PLC (Brit Insurance), for three
years, as part of a program structured and placed by ABN-AMRO.
The catastrophe swap would be triggered for U.S. events if aggregate
insurance industry losses as estimated by Property Claims Services (PCS)
exceed defined threshold amounts. Japan and Europe events would trigger
if specific parametric criteria, such as wind speeds or ground motions,
are met or exceeded. RMS designed the triggers, and analyzed the
probabilities of exceedance, in conjunction with structuring work
performed by Guy Carpenter & Company Ltd.
“This deal is a great example of how innovative trigger and deal
structuring can bring tailored protection to the sponsor, while
remaining transparent enough for investors to understand,” said Peter
Nakada, managing director of RMS Consulting. “Furthermore, tranching the
deal opens up the market to investors that want investment-grade
exposure to catastrophe risk.”
The multi-event cover is structured with three Classes, each consisting
of 2 event payments. Payments under Class C cover the occurrence of the
fourth and fifth triggering events during the risk period; this Class is
rated Ba2 by Moody’s and BB- by Fitch. Class B covers the sixth and
seventh triggering events and is rated A3 and BBB+ by Moody’s and Fitch
respectively. Class A, rated Aa1 and AAA by Moody’s and Fitch
respectively, covers the eighth and ninth triggering events to occur.
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