RIQ, the AI native reinsurance platform backed by International Holding Company, signed a memorandum of understanding with Masdar to co build advanced reinsurance solutions for the risks tied to global energy transformation.
Masdar keeps scaling its clean energy footprint across continents, and the two groups want to embed dedicated reinsurance capacity directly into Masdar’s global insurance programs.
The idea is to improve coverage quality, tighten capital efficiency, and get smarter pricing across a fast growing portfolio that never stops shifting.
The collaboration goes beyond capacity alone. RIQ and Masdar will look at ways to link up across the entire insurance chain: risk engineering, primary underwriting, claims support.
If a project needs protection from the first foundation poured through long term operations, the companies want to stitch that protection together with cleaner data and faster decision making.
The MoU spans three years and sets up an ongoing framework for planning, testing, and deploying new approaches.
Abu Dhabi wants to cement itself as a global climate finance hub, and AI driven risk management sits right in that strategy.
According to our analysts, this sort of partnership is exactly what big infrastructure developers have been hunting for in the energy transition era: capital paired with intelligence, not just limits on paper.
RIQ CEO Mark Wilson said Masdar’s role in renewable energy makes the partnership a natural fit. He said tomorrow’s infrastructure has to be resilient and intelligent, and RIQ is building the digital spine for that future insurance economy. There’s a bit of ambition in the tone, but not empty. RIQ has been pushing into this space aggressively.
Masdar is a global leader in renewable energy, and this partnership reflects our shared belief that the future of infrastructure must be both resilient and intelligent.
Mark Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, RIQ
“At RIQ, we’re building the digital architecture of tomorrow’s insurance economy, one that supports clean energy investment with smarter capital and sharper risk insight,” Mark Wilson commented.
Masdar CFO Mazin Khan said the company’s expanding global footprint demands risk and financial solutions that match the scale and complexity of its projects.
He said the partnership should help embed resilience and intelligence across Masdar’s operations, making it easier to safeguard assets and stretch capital further. Masdar aims for 100GW of portfolio capacity by 2030, so the stakes aren’t theoretical.
RIQ itself has more than $1bn in equity commitments from IHC and partners like BlackRock and Lunate. The firm wants to turn those commitments into a platform writing $10bn annually across complex and emerging risk classes.
In the Masdar partnership, RIQ will bring institutional capital and data driven underwriting to deliver reinsurance aligned with climate focused infrastructure and next wave risk categories.
We think this is more than another MoU. It signals how AI, capital, and energy transition projects are starting to converge in practical ways.
If they get this right, future clean energy builds may carry less friction, fewer coverage gaps, and pricing that actually mirrors risk instead of guesswork.
