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Martin Arrick Joins BAM as Head of Health Care

Veteran health care analyst Martin Arrick has joined BAM as Head of Health Care to lead an initiative to expand coverage and analytical capacity for insuring nonprofit hospital systems in the U.S., primarily to serve investors in the secondary market. Mr. Arrick was formerly a managing director and healthcare group leader for S&P Global Ratings.

BAM Announces Q3 2022 Statutory Financial Results

Build America Mutual, the only mutual, U.S. municipal-only bond insurer, today published its Third Quarter 2022 statutory financial results, showing $13.5 billion par insured and $109 million in total premiums, BAM’s strongest nine-month results on record. BAM also announced that it completed a $150 million, fully collateralized reinsurance agreement with Fidus Re Ltd. this week.

Morgan Fahy Joins BAM’s Capital Markets Team

Build America Mutual, the only U.S. muni-only bond insurer, announced that Morgan Fahy has joined BAM’s capital markets team as a Vice President to help continue to build demand for BAM-insured bonds from institutional investors, particularly through secondary-market insurance transactions. She will report to Grant Dewey, Head of Municipal Capital Markets.

BAM Opens Austin Office to Support Expanded Presence in Texas

Build America Mutual, the U.S. municipal-only bond insurer, is expanding its presence in Texas, its most active state by transaction volume. Greg Pacifico, Managing Vice President and Head of Texas Public Finance, will lead BAM’s new office in Austin, and Vlad Puchek, an Associate Vice President in the Surveillance group, will be based in Houston.

BAM Announces 2020 Statutory Financial Results

Build America Mutual, the only mutual, U.S. municipal-only bond insurer, today published its 2020 statutory financial results, reporting record par insured and total premiums. In addition to strong organic growth in capital during 2020, BAM completed a $150 million, fully collateralized reinsurance agreement with Fidus Re Ltd in the first quarter of 2021 that expands its claims-paying resources to more than $1.1 billion.

BAM GreenStar Expands to Serve More Muni Issuers

Build America Mutual, the only mutual municipal bond insurer, today announced an expansion of its BAM GreenStar verification program for transactions that align with the International Capital Markets Association’s Green Bond Principles. BAM will now verify any green bond transaction by an existing BAM member-issuer, regardless of whether it is insured, and will also streamline the continuing reporting requirements for participating issuers. In addition, BAM and the Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Network announced that BAM GreenStar-verified bonds will be eligible for inclusion on Nasdaq’s global platform for green bonds.

A Letter from BAM’s CEO

Recent events have driven home the reality that prejudice and discrimination continues to create inequities in the U.S. and stands in the way of building safe, healthy, and productive communities. Build America Mutual believes that any form of discrimination or inequity is intolerable.