Arch Mortgage Insurance Secures $368 Million of Indemnity Reinsurance from a Rated Insurance-Linked Note Transaction
October 25 2017 - 4:18PM
Business Wire
Arch Capital Group Ltd. [NASDAQ: ACGL] announced today that its
mortgage insurance (MI) business obtained $368 million of indemnity
reinsurance from Bellemeade Re 2017-1 Ltd., a special purpose
insurer. The reinsurance is for a portfolio of MI policies issued
by Arch MI from January through June of this year (2017). This
transaction marks the first time that Arch’s Mortgage Group has
accessed the capital markets for a risk transfer involving a
mortgage insurance portfolio, as well as the first time any
mortgage insurance-linked note in the industry has been rated. The
senior M-1 class note has received a rating of BBB from
Morningstar.
Bellemeade Re 2017-1 Ltd. is funding its reinsurance obligations
through the issuance of three classes of amortizing notes with
10-year legal final maturities. This insurance-linked securities
(ILS) transaction provides Arch with fully collateralized coverage
from Bellemeade Re 2017-1 Ltd. for potential losses on a portion of
its 2017 MI portfolio.
Andrew Rippert, CEO of Arch’s Global Mortgage Group said,
“Transactions like this provide us with valuable feedback from
third parties on the risk and capital management aspects of our
business.” Mr. Rippert added, “This ILS transaction demonstrates
our commitment to building a sustainable mortgage guaranty business
model that can last through multiple housing cycles and positions
Arch as the industry leader in proactively managing residential
mortgage credit risk.”
Arch Capital Group Ltd., a Bermuda-based company with
approximately $11.04 billion in capital at September 30, 2017,
provides insurance, reinsurance and mortgage insurance on a
worldwide basis through its wholly owned subsidiaries.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a
"safe harbor" for forward−looking statements. This release or any
other written or oral statements made by or on behalf of Arch
Capital Group Ltd. and its subsidiaries may include forward−looking
statements, which reflect our current views with respect to future
events and financial performance. All statements other than
statements of historical fact included in or incorporated by
reference in this release are forward−looking statements.
Forward−looking statements can generally be identified by the
use of forward−looking terminology such as "may," "will," "expect,"
"intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe" or "continue" or
their negative or variations or similar terminology.
Forward−looking statements involve our current assessment of risks
and uncertainties. Actual events and results may differ materially
from those expressed or implied in these statements. A
non-exclusive list of the important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking
statements includes the following: adverse general economic and
market conditions; increased competition; pricing and policy term
trends; fluctuations in the actions of rating agencies and our
ability to maintain and improve our ratings; investment
performance; the loss of key personnel; the adequacy of our loss
reserves, severity and/or frequency of losses, greater than
expected loss ratios and adverse development on claim and/or claim
expense liabilities; greater frequency or severity of unpredictable
natural and man-made catastrophic events; the impact of acts of
terrorism and acts of war; changes in regulations and/or tax laws
in the United States or elsewhere; our ability to successfully
integrate, establish and maintain operating procedures as well as
integrate the businesses we have acquired or may acquire into the
existing operations; changes in accounting principles or policies;
material differences between actual and expected assessments for
guaranty funds and mandatory pooling arrangements; availability and
cost to us of reinsurance to manage our gross and net exposures;
the failure of others to meet their obligations to us; and other
factors identified in our filings with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission.
The foregoing review of important factors should not be
construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with
other cautionary statements that are included herein or elsewhere.
All subsequent written and oral forward−looking statements
attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly
qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. We
undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward−looking statement, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
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