AllianzGroup's Allianz RiskTransfer (Bermuda) Ltd. is sponsoring a second catastrophe bondissuance from the Blue Halo Re special purpose vehicle, Artemis reported July 11.

The single-tranche Blue Halo Re Ltd. Series 2016-2 has apreliminary size of $100 million and will provide three years of fullycollateralized retrocessional reinsurance protection against named windstormand earthquake losses, the report added.

The offering is being marketed with a coupon guidance of 8%to 8.75%, Artemis added.

Aon Securities serves as the sole structuring agent and bookrunner for the offering, while AIR Worldwide is the risk modeling andcalculation agent.