S&P rates Bay Point Re loan BB

Standard & Poor's said it assigned a BB counterparty credit rating to Bay Point Re Ltd. and a BB senior secured debt rating to Bay Point's term loan debt facility of up to $125 million. The outlook is stable.

Bay Point is a limited-life, special-purpose class 3 reinsurance company based in Bermuda that was set up specifically to offer quota share reinsurance to Harbor Point Re Ltd. (A-/stable).

S&P said the senior debt rating reflects the modeled risk inherent in writing property catastrophe business and to a lesser extent Bay Point's delegation of underwriting authority to Harbor Point.

These negative factors are balanced by Harbor Point's strong competitive position and risk management, good alignment of interests between Bay Point and its cedant, the unique structure of sidecars and a low modeled probability of attachment, the agency said.

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