Euler ILS Partners signs multi-year catastrophe risk analytics agreement with Moody’s

Euler ILS Partners, the specialist Swiss insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has signed a multi-year agreement with Moody’s to utilise the firms catastrophe risk models, analytics and exposure datasets to support its underwriting, portfolio management and decision-making across ILS opportunities.

Euler ILS Partners will access Moody’s software and services via its Moody’s Intelligent Risk Platform™.

The agreement will allow Euler ILS Partners to utilise both natural catastrophe and cyber risk models and analytics, as well as a range of specialised peril and exposure datasets, to inform its evaluation of risk and its ILS investment decisions across global markets.

Moody’s has been developing and evolving its catastrophe risk models for more than 30 years, making investments in model development, climate research, exposure analytics, and event response capabilities, with a goal to enable advanced risk quantification methodologies and provide insurers, reinsurers, and ILS investors with a transparent view of catastrophe risk.

As a result, Moody’s risk models and analytics tools have supported many catastrophe bond and ILS transactions over the years and its software and services are among the most utilised in the ILS marketplace today.

Stefano Nicolini, Director, Moody’s, commented on the news, “We deeply value the trusted relationship we have built with Niklaus Hilti and his team. We are excited to continue supporting Euler’s growth and success across ILS and reinsurance space by providing Moody’s models and technology, which are based on science and comprehensive research.

“This multi-year agreement reflects Euler’s confidence in Moody’s scientific rigor, transparent methodology, and long-standing commitment to advancing catastrophe risk analytics for the global insurance and capital markets industries.”

Niklaus Hilti, Chief Investment Officer, Euler ILS Partners, added, “At a time when investors require greater transparency, consistency, and confidence in risk assessment, trusted analytics have never been more important. We trust Moody’s RMS catastrophe models as they are based on science and comprehensive data, along with connected analytics applications that help us deliver risk insights across each stage of an ILS transaction.”

Christer Pehrson, Global Head, ILS Client and Market Development, Moody’s, further stated, “ILS is a key growth area for Moody’s. Expanding capital market participation is essential to narrowing the protection gap, and we are delighted to work with Euler to help advance the market.”