Transaction Overview
Liberty Mutual Group announced the creation of its Limestone Capital Markets Platform
- Entered into inaugural multi-year collateralized reinsurance transaction with ~$160mm of capital
- Led by Limestone Re Ltd., a newly-formed Bermuda-domiciled segregated account company
- Provides a highly innovative initial product for investors that includes risk covering
- U.S. Property Catastrophe
- U.S. Homeowners
- London Market Specialty Insurance
- Transaction closed on December 20th, 2016; terms of the transaction were undisclosed
The platform represents a key strategic initiative for Liberty Mutual
- Leveraging Liberty’s unique global underwriting and distribution platform
- Bringing capital markets investors as close as possible to underlying risk
Liberty Mutual Group is a leading diversified global insurer
- #73 on the Fortune 100 list of largest corporations in the U.S. based on 2015 revenue
- 6th-largest U.S. P&C insurer by consolidated 9/30/16 statutory surplus
- Employs more than 50,000 people in 800 offices throughout the world
TigerRisk Capital Markets & Advisory Role
TCMA acted as structuring and placement agent to Liberty Mutual Group
- Provided advice through all stages of the process, driving an optimal outcome for Liberty
- Leveraging the range of TigerRisk’s capital markets, reinsurance, and analytics capabilities
- Key transaction steps led by TCMA included:
- Provided critical pricing and portfolio modeling advice and insight
- Selected, introduced and arranged meetings with key participating investors
- Instrumental in transaction structuring to achieve a positive outcome for all parties
- Offered key insight around key transaction terms & conditions