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11 November 2024Reinsurance

CEA fails to renew $649m in treaty, cuts cat programme

The California Earthquake Authority (CEA), the biggest buyer of reinsurance in the US, let $648.5 million in treaty placements go unrenewed late June through late July, cutting its total risk transfer programme to $8.5 billion as of early August. 

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