Category: Parametric insurance

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Specialty insurer Beazley is enhancing its property parametric underwriting capabilities with the appointment of Swiss Re’s Stefan Wunderlich as Head of Parametric Insurance. In his new role, Wunderlich will be based in Zurich, Switzerland, where he will report […]

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Broking giant Aon aims to, through its strategic plan, scale more risk capital for its clients, bringing more of the capital markets into its offering with an ambition to add more resources to its insurance-linked securities (ILS) business […]

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Here’s an intriguing use-case for parametric triggers within insurance for a personal lines protection policy that even a year ago you may not have thought was needed. Y Combinator backed Singularity has launched a parametric cover that protects […]

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Descartes Underwriting has strengthened its leadership team with the appointments of Sophie Bassoulet as Head of Operations and Kelly Collet-Jones as Claims Manager, as the company continues its global expansion in corporate parametric insurance. Both hires will report […]

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. SV SparkassenVersicherung (SV) has spotlighted its new strategic partnership with Japan’s Zenkyoren as a cornerstone of its first catastrophe bond, Liongate Re DAC, a $100 million issuance that reflects a growing trend of collaborative and diversified global risk […]

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Reask, the catastrophe modelling and climate analytics specialist, has appointed Jo Williams as Head of Insurance Sales, as the firm looks to accelerate adoption across the reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) sectors. A well-known sales leader in the […]

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Parametric natural catastrophe and weather risk transfer rates are forecast to be flat to -5% down, with capacity levels continuing to increase but so too are opportunities, as the focus continues to move beyond peak perils, according to […]

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Catastrophe bonds and other private market risk-transfer tools are essential to help Europe’s agriculture sector manage mounting climate risks, according to Howden, as annual weather-related losses are expected to rise to €40 billion by 2050. The recommendation comes […]

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. At Artemis’ ILS NYC 2025 conference, a high-profile panel of industry leaders highlighted the growing potential of parametric insurance-linked securities (ILS) to reshape risk transfer markets. As climate volatility intensifies and capital markets look for transparent, uncorrelated opportunities, […]

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Liberty Mutual Reinsurance (LM Re), the reinsurance arm of the insurance group, has launched a new parametric agriculture product designed to protect Colombian farmers against flood and drought risks, two major weather perils that continue to devastate the […]