3 March 2016Alternative Risk Transfer

XL Catlin taps cat bond shelf programme Galileo Re for first time

XL Catlin has completed a $300 million catastrophe bond protecting itself against a mixture of windstorm and earthquake risk in the US, Canada and Europe. It is the first time the company has used this form of protection since XL Group acquired Catlin.

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