Archive for September, 2020

A new cyber business interruption insurance solution using parametric triggers related to outages has been launched at Lloyd’s with backing from Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) and other members of Lloyd’s Product Innovation Facility including reinsurance firm RenaissanceRe.

Multiplicity Partners, a boutique Zurich-based investment firm that specialises in secondary opportunities and providing liquidity solutions to holders of private market funds and distressed assets, is targeting the insurance-linked securities (ILS) space and wants to offer a solution to those experiencing trapped ILS collateral.

Ledger Investing, an insurance technology (insurtech) and insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused venture-backed start-up, has announced raising a $10 million Series A round, as it looks to scale-up its platform and broaden the world of insurance securitization.

Artemis spoke with Tremor Technologies CEO and Founder Sean Bourgeois to understand how ceded reinsurance teams are leveraging Tremor’s technology to help them navigate the currently challenging reinsurance market environment.

The African Risk Capacity (ARC), a provider of parametric disaster insurance products to countries and now other entities in Africa, is also planning to further expand its risk pool by underwriting inwards reinsurance thanks to securing a rating from Fitch.

Stone Ridge Asset Management’s mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund assets under management remained relatively flat through the last quarter of record, as redemptions appear to have slowed significantly, while the investor increased its holdings in catastrophe bonds.

Global insurance and reinsurance intermediary and distributor holding company Hyperion Insurance Group Limited has raised a significant new haul of capital from a key private equity investor and through a private debt issuance, as it targets accelerated growth.

The catastrophe bond market pipeline is expected to be busy through the third and fourth quarters of 2020, according to Aon Securities CEO Paul Schultz, which sets the stage for potential near-record levels of issuance this year.

Although cyber criminals tend to thrive on chaos, so far, the presence of a global pandemic hasn’t led to any significant rise in activity or threat, according to Tom Johansmeyer, Head of PCS.

AGILE Risk Partners, a specialist and technology focused direct & facultative (D&F) property risk underwriting start-up, has partnered with experienced mapping and data experts HERE Technologies as it seeks to improve the quality of risk data used in underwriting decision-making.