Investors in ILS are seeking innovation—they may find it in Africa where a combination of transnational bodies, better data and a desire to structure improved disaster relief
Insurers in Florida are currently barred from non-renewing or canceling policies, under an emergency order issued by the state’s Insurance Commissioner
Because of significant exposure growth, the impact of social inflation, and climate change complications, Florida’s insurance market could struggle to respond to a repeat of a Category 5 hurricane
Even as countries across the globe grapple with climate change, alternate risk transfer mechanisms like parametric solutions are emerging as the best option
Catastrophe and green bonds in the private sector have become the most prominent innovations in the field of sustainable finance in the last 15 years
Weather-related Events drove economic losses of $65 bn, which is down on last year’s $105 bn, with insured losses staying roughly the same at approximately $34 bn
Guy Carpenter explained that the property catastrophe reinsurance market saw some “significant” price adjustments for loss-impacted programs in peak zones
Today risk assessors use a wide set of tools ranging from sophisticated flood hazard maps to fully probabilistic risk models, but more can be done
Global Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) market ended another year on a high note as the annual new issuance record was broken once again
The increased use of new forms of risk transfer in the cyber reinsurance market to have renewed discussions about the potential role Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS)
Increasing demand for cyber re/insurance have made the need for fresh risk capital acute. With insurance linked securities (ILS) market, re/insurers may be change
Natural catastrophes (nat cats) continue to divide opinion, with some companies such as Lancashire and Hannover Re pushing the longer-term profitability of the line
A new net line size requirement has been introduced specifying that the maximum net line size that a syndicate may have on an individual risk cannot exceed 30% of ECA
