Fidelis Insurance has raised the target size for its new catastrophe bond to provide $90 million of worldwide aggregate retrocession through the   issuance, while the price guidance for the notes has been updated at the low-end of guidance, Artemis has learned.Fidelis Insurance returned to the catastrophe bond market earlier this month, with an initial target to secure $75 million of broad aggregate retro reinsurance for perils across the globe with this new Herbie Re 2025-1 deal.As we explained at the time, this new issuance seems to be an attempt to at least in part to renew worldwide annual aggregate retrocession that Fidelis’ $150 million catastrophe bond had provided.The 2021-1 cat bond had been affected by losses, with after events including 2024 hurricanes and the January 2025 California wildfires saw qualifying annual aggregate losses under the deal exceeding the attachment point.

That 2021 deal also matures at the end of this month.We’re now told by sources that Fidelis’ target for the new Herbie Re 2025-1 cat bond has risen, with $90 million of retrocessional protection now being sought from the issuance.At the same time the price guidance for the notes has been updated and lowered to the bottom-end of the initial range.

This will become the to be sponsored by Fidelis Insurance, since it first entered the cat bond market back in 2020.So, Herbie Re Ltd.is now targeted to issue $90 million of Series 2025-1 cat bond notes, with the proceeds set to collateralize a source of annual aggregate and worldwide multi-peril retrocessional protection for Fidelis.

The notes will provide coverage for many of the world’s peak catastrophe perils for the company, with the retro protection structured on an annual aggregate and industry loss index basis, across a two-year term and two annual risk periods to the end of May 2027.The Herbie Re Series 2025-1 Class A cat bond notes come with an initial expected loss of 8.79% and were initially offered to investors with price guidance in a range from 31% to 32%.We’re now told that the price guidance has been updated to an initial risk interest spread of 31%, so at the lowest-end of guidance.

While the multiple-at-market still looks substantially higher than the 2021 issuance, it is encouraging to see Fidelis looking to upsize the cat bond as investors respond positively and help the price target come down.Read all about this   catastrophe bond comes to market and you can read about this and every other cat bond deal in the Artemis Deal Directory..All of our Artemis Live insurance-linked securities (ILS), catastrophe bonds and reinsurance can be accessed online.

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