CCRIF targets further expansion of scope and risk transfer product range
The CCRIF SPC (formerly known as the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility), a parametric focused risk pooling and transfer facility for the Caribbean and Central America, is targeting further expansion in terms of its scope, as well as in terms of the range of risk transfer products it offers and to whom. The CCRIF began […]
First volcanic eruption cat bond issued for the Danish Red Cross
The very first catastrophe bond covering pure volcanic eruption risk has now been completed, with a $3 million privately placed issuance brought to market by Replexus and Howden Capital Markets and backed by leading cat bond investors for the Danish Red Cross. The catastrophe bond covers the risk of eruption of 10 volcanoes across three […]
Mieux connaître les titres liés à l’assurance (Insurance-Linked Securities, ILS)
OBOR Europe’s original publication here. Avec la BRI, de nouvelle infrastructures permettant une meilleures connectivité ont vu le jour. Mais, les désastres naturels menacent les projets d’infrastructures et peuvent créer de graves crises économiques. Pour limiter ce risque, il existe les insurance-Linked Securities (titres liés à l’assurance), mais les pouvoirs locaux doivent mieux connaître cet […]
Hong Kong ILS regulatory regime effective, ironing out implementation details
ARTEMIS: Changes to Hong Kong’s insurance and reinsurance market regulation came into effect on March 29th, including the new regulatory regime for insurance-linked securities (ILS) business. The Insurance Authority (IA) of Hong Kong has been working hard to put in place the necessary regulatory and tax regime for insurance-linked securities (ILS) issuance and business to […]
World Bank fully supportive of direct sovereign risk transfer: Bennett
ARTEMIS: The efforts of the World Bank around disaster risk financing for its members continues to be a real benefit, and while the organisation can and will do more, this isn’t about being the dominant force in the market, according to Michael Bennett, Head of Derivatives & Structured Finance, World Bank Treasury. During last month’s […]
Hong Kong’s ILS grant scheme to cover ~US $1.6m of issuance costs
Hong Kong’s Government has revealed some of the details of its proposed insurance-linked securities (ILS) grant scheme, through which it will pay a share of issuance costs for any ILS structures issued out of the Special Administrative Region. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HK SAR) of the People’s Republic of China has been preparing […]
Pacific Alliance hopes to expand cat bond to cover cyclones, floods, droughts
The Pacific Alliance, a Latin American trade bloc made up of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, would like to expand on the coverage provided by their catastrophe bonds, with hydro-meteorological risks including tropical cyclones, drought, floods and even cold weather all mooted as potential perils to include. The Ministries of Finance of the Pacific Alliance […]
Cat bonds: Structurally diversifying & primed for growth, says Neuberger Berman
ARTEMIS: Catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities are one of the “very few genuinely, structurally diversifying asset classes,” according to the Neuberger Berman Insurance-Linked Strategies team, who give the asset class a positive outlook for 2021. Writing in a white paper, the Insurance-Linked Strategies team of global asset manager Neuberger Berman explain that they also believe […]
World Bank has ‘only scratched the surface’ on what it can do: Bennett, ILS NYC 2021
ARTEMIS: The World Bank has “only scratched the surface” on what it can do with member governments that are looking to transfer some of their disaster risk to the reinsurance sector and the capital markets, according to Michael Bennett, Head of Derivatives & Structured Finance, World Bank Treasury. The World Bank is an international organisation […]
Catastrophe protection gap needs capital market support: Bernardino, EIOPA
Gabriel Bernardino, the soon to retire Chairman of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), has highlighted the capital markets role in delivering catastrophe insurance that has fewer protection gaps. In an interview with Brink News, Bernardino explained the need for multi-peril catastrophe insurance and reinsurance coverage that protects against the uncovered portion of […]