UAE flooding property insurance loss seen up to US $2.3bn by Gallagher Re
Demonstrating that large industry loss events from severe weather are possible in the Arabian Gulf region, reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has estimated that the property market insured loss from the recent flooding that affected the United Arab Emirates in April will be between US $1.8 billion and $2.3 billion. That’s not the total insurance market […]
Puerto Rico Parametric Re cat bond grows to $85m, price set to mid-point
The government of Puerto Rico’s first attempt to source parametric insurance from the capital markets through a catastrophe bond appears to have been well-received by the market, as the Puerto Rico Parametric Re Ltd. (Series 2024-1) catastrophe bond has grown to $85 million in size and looks set to price at the mid-point of guidance, Artemis […]
Major solar storm could drive bigger insured loss than Katrina: Bloomberg
Analysis from Bloomberg Intelligence suggests participants in the insurance and reinsurance industry should be seriously considering how they protect themselves against the risks of losses from major solar storms, with the peril having the potential to be as costly as major hurricanes. “A major space storm could cost insurers even more than a hurricane like […]
NZ EQC adds $1bn to reinsurance tower, securing $9.2bn for 2024 renewal
New Zealand’s EQC Toka Tū Ake, previously known as the New Zealand Earthquake Commission, has added more limit to its reinsurance tower, lifting the top by $1 billion for 2024, in a renewal securing $9.2 billion of cover for disaster losses in the country. The EQC has been growing New Zealand’s disaster reinsurance protection over […]
CEA risk transfer tower stable at $9.1bn after near $1.2bn April renewal
The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) has maintained its reinsurance and catastrophe bond tower at $9.1 billion in size through the start of 2024, with its most recent renewals for April 1st seeing the insurer securing almost $1.2 billion in protection. When we last covered the CEA, we reported that the group had reached December 31st […]
Puerto Rico government seeking Parametric Re cat bond protection
The government of Puerto Rico is seeking $75 million in parametric insurance protection against the financial impacts of named storms and earthquakes from the capital markets, through a new Puerto Rico Parametric Re Ltd. (Series 2024-1) catastrophe bond transaction, Artemis has learned. This first Puerto Rico Parametric Re catastrophe bond is particularly notable as the first […]
World Bank & EC call for scaled up European disaster risk transfer & cat bonds
In a string of research reports, the World Bank Group and European Commission call on governments across Europe to utilise more in the way of disaster risk transfer and insurance to reduce the pressure from weather and natural perils on budgets, including the use of catastrophe bonds to access capital market investors for reinsurance risk […]
Mexico “setting the standard” with use of World Bank catastrophe bonds
With the successful issuance of the $175 million IBRD CAR Mexico 2024 (Pacific) named storm catastrophe bond, on the heels of the $420 million IBRD CAR Mexico 2024 that provides Atlantic named storm and earthquake protection, Mexico now has $110 million more in disaster risk financing to support its resilience, Héctor Santana Suárez of the Ministry of Finance […]
TSR forecasts 15 typhoons, 7 to be intense, in 20% below-norm Northwest Pacific season
With the development of La Nina conditions anticipated during this summer and its persistence through the autumn, Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) has called for the Northwest Pacific typhoon season to see activity levels around 20% below normal, albeit still with 15 typhoons, 7 of which are forecast to be intense. The expectation that La Nina […]
Insurance Authority cheers launch of US$150 million catastrophe bond
The Insurance Authority (IA) of Hong Kong has recognised the successful issue and listing of a catastrophe bond by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, part of the World Bank Group. The bond, amounting to US$150 million, aims to shield Jamaica from storm-related losses through the next four hurricane seasons. FULL ORIGINAL PUBLICATION HERE