Strong alternative capital supply growth expected in 2025 for cat bonds and ILS: Fitch
Unless there are “substantial” losses to insurance-linked securities (ILS) from catastrophe events in the second-half of 2024, Fitch Ratings said it expects “continued strong supply growth in the alternative reinsurance capital market into 2025.” Fitch Ratings said that returns in catastrophe bonds and other insurance-linked securities (ILS) remain attractive, which has helped to elevate and […]
Jamaica’s Dr. Nigel Clarke proposed as IMF Deputy Managing Director
Dr. Nigel Clarke, the Minister of Finance of Jamaica and the driver of that country’s multi-layered approach to disaster risk financing that includes the first catastrophe bond for a small-island state has been proposed to become a Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the IMF, announced her […]
Toa Re Europe’s $25m Silver Crane cat bond triggered in full by Turkey quake
Toa Re Europe, the Switzerland-based European reinsurance arm of Japanese group Toa Reinsurance Company Ltd., has benefited from a full payout under its $25 million Silver Crane private catastrophe bond transaction, after the notes were triggered by industry losses from the Turkey earthquake event from early 2023, Artemis has learned. Toa Re Europe sponsored the private […]
Germany’s nat cat insurance coverage delayed due to political disagreement: AM Best
According to an AM Best commentary, the debate over Germany’s compulsory natural catastrophe coverage is hindered by the absence of political agreement between federal states and the central government. AM Best’s report titled, “Political Consensus the Missing Ingredient for German Natural Catastrophe Solution,” highlights that, following the 2021 flooding in Southern Germany, there have been […]
ARC grows, diversifies, but keeping reinsurance expenses in check crucial: Ndlovu
African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd.), the financial affiliate and parametric insurance underwriting entity of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group, has commemorated its ten-year anniversary and said it has now paid out over $170 million in claims. “From covering 12.9 million people in 2014, we protected 26.4 million in 2023. We have also expanded […]
ARC pays $11.6m as drought triggers Malawi’s parametric insurance
The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group, a provider of parametric disaster insurance products and risk pooling for countries and other entities in Africa, has made just over $11.6 million in payouts to Malawi and a replica partner the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) after drought triggered its parametric insurance there. The Republic of […]
World Bank leverages private capital, contingent credit & parametric risk transfer for REPAIR
The World Bank has approved the Regional Emergency Preparedness and Inclusive Recovery Program (REPAIR), which is designed to boost financial resilience against climate shocks for Eastern and Southern African countries and leverages private market parametric disaster insurance risk transfer alongside its contingent credit DDO solution. It’s evidence of the continued innovation at the World Bank […]
Nat cat gap expands 5.2% to $385bn, but protection more available: Swiss Re
The global natural catastrophe protection gap widened again in 2023, rising 5.2% to US $385 billion in premium equivalent terms, but at the same time Swiss Re reports that there are signs of more protection being available, which over time should see more losses covered by insurance and reinsurance. Swiss Re’s Institute sigma research team […]
Jamaica due US $16.3m CCRIF payout, as Beryl triggered parametric cyclone cover
Jamaica is set to benefit from an approximately US $16.3 million payout from the CCRIF SPC (formerly known as the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) after hurricane Beryl triggered its parametric tropical cyclone insurance policy. The country’s Minister of Finance Dr. Nigel Clarke explained that the CCRIF event report has been delivered, indicating that major […]
ARC pays out $32m as Zimbabwe’s parametric drought insurance triggers
The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group, a provider of parametric disaster insurance products and risk pooling for countries and other entities in Africa, has made a US $32 million payout to benefit Zimbabwe after the parametric drought cover was triggered. We’d reported back in April that the African Risk Capacity (ARC) was expecting a severe drought […]
