This document summarizes a $500 million catastrophe bond issued by FloodSmart Re Ltd. to provide reinsurance to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) it administers. The bond has an indemnity trigger and covers flood losses from named storms over a three year period in the United States. Payouts are determined based on actual flood losses to the NFIP as assessed by modeling firm KatRisk. This represents the largest catastrophe bond ever issued to provide reinsurance to a government entity for flood risk.