Martello Re raises $1.3 billion
Martello Re, a Bermuda-based Class E life and annuity reinsurer, announced the successful closing of a second round of equity funding, raising $935 million of equity commitments from existing and new shareholders, which exceeds an initial $800 million target set at launch of the capital raise. In addition, Martello Re has upsized its current credit facility by $360 million, adding four new banks to its lender group. These commitments, when combined with the company’s current equity and credit facility capacity, brings total drawn and undrawn capital at Martello Re to approximately $3.6 billion.
The reinsurer was launched in 2022 with the financial support of MassMutual, Centerbridge Partners, Brown Brothers Harriman, and a group of institutional investors and family offices, including Hudson Structured Capital Management.
In addition to continuing to support the company’s two existing cedants as a strategic reinsurance partner across a range of product lines, the capital raised will enable Martello Re to provide reinsurance support to additional cedant partners expected to be added in the coming years, and selectively expand into new business lines and geographies over time.
“This is an exciting milestone for our company. Since launching a little over two years ago, Martello Re has grown rapidly to more than 70 employees and over $23 billion in assets under management. Today, we are one of the largest asset-intensive reinsurers in the industry and can offer insurers a reinsurance partner with industry-leading underwriting, risk management, and asset management capabilities. We could not have reached this point without the support of our founders MassMutual, Barings, Centerbridge Partners, and Brown Brothers Harriman as well as the dedication and hard work of our exceptionally talented employees. Our company is excited to continue the execution of our long-term strategy of providing life and annuity insurers with a financially strong reinsurance partner that is dedicated to helping them grow their most important business lines.” – Dennis Ho, Chief Executive Officer of Martello Re.
