Archive for March, 2008

Good article here from Risk & Insurance Magazine on catastrophe bonds. In the article they quote Fitch Ratings analyst Don Thorpe as saying that he has ‘sensed new interest after some reported disgruntlement on the part of Florida officials that their expansion of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund did not lead to any great reduction […]

India’s National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange is planning on listing the countries first commodities index. Starting with with it’s most active commodities the plan is to follow up by launching a weather index in the near future. The planned rainfall index will use data from 350 weather stations around India to help companies and farmers […]

The Florida Senate has unveiled a plan to cap property rates for another year for the customers of Citizens Property Insurance (the state run residential insurer). At the same time they want to reduce the state hurricane catastrophe fund by $3 billion to mitigate their own risks should a major hurricane hit. Obviously, should the […]

A blog should be a two-way conversation between the author and the visitors. Blog posts should inform but also stimulate opinion and comments. To reply to any of the posts on this blog just click to add a comment at the foot of the post you are interested in. To that end I’d like to […]

It’s been a long time since my last communication to the subscription base of Artemis. First off my apologies for the break in service! It was never my intention for Artemis to fall by the way side but due to circumstances beyond my control there was nothing else I could do. The good news is […]

Welcome to the www.artemis.bm blog. Over time this blog will contain posts of interest to the alternative risk transfer, catastrophe bond and weather derivatives and trading communities. As well as the thoughts and commentary of Steve Evans (manager of Artemis) we hope to bring you articles from industry specialists and experts. We will also post […]