Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility news

The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), the catastrophe risk pooling facility who provide parametric based disaster insurance cover to Caribbean countries, has announced the appointment of its first full-time Chief Executive Officer. As of the 1st January 2013, Mr. Isaac Anthony from Saint Lucia, a CCRIF board member of five years takes on the […]

The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) has published a report suggesting that hurricane Sandy has not triggered the facility for any of its member countries. Three members were hit by Sandy, with Jamaica being first, then Haiti was impacted by Sandy’s rains and finally the Bahamas was next in Sandy’s path. The CCRIF says […]

Countries in Asia have been discussing the possibility of creating a disaster and catastrophe insurance pool for the region for a number of years. One of the leading voices has been the Philippines, as a country particularly exposed to climate, weather and natural disasters, who have been investigating possible solutions and looking into alternatives such […]

Earlier this week we wrote that the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), the catastrophe risk pooling facility who provide parametric based disaster insurance cover to Caribbean countries, had finalised their renewals for the 2012-2013 policy year. All 16 of their member countries renewed their hurricane and earthquake cover and now the CCRIF are actively […]

The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), the non-profit multi-country catastrophe risk pooling facility who provide parametric based disaster insurance cover to Caribbean countries, have announced that all 16 of their member countries have renewed their policies for the 2012-2013 year. Cover provided by the CCRIF since 2007 includes hurricane and earthquake cover, both of […]

The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), the non-profit multi-country risk pooling facility who provide parametric disaster cover to Caribbean countries, will be launching its long-awaited excess rainfall product in June according to an article in Business News Americas. The development of the parametric rainfall insurance policy was delayed due to technical issues and a […]

With funding secured from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, a new microinsurance scheme is being planned through the combined efforts of reinsurer Munich Re, the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility and broker MicroEnsure. Funded with €2m for three years to help further the project, the three parties are being brought together under the […]

The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), a non-profit multi-country risk pooling initiative providing parametric hurricane or earthquake disaster cover to Caribbean countries, has scheduled its long-awaited parametric excess rainfall insurance product for the end of this year. Originally targeted for 2010, the product was eventually delayed due to the conclusion that the model used […]

While hurricane Irene resulted in losses and damages in six of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) member countries (Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, the Bahamas, Haiti, St. Kitts & Nevis and the Turks & Caicos Islands), the damages were not severe enough to trigger any payments under the terms of their CCRIF policies. The […]

Hurricane Irene continues to make her way across the Caribbean showing no sign of decreasing in size or strength. In fact just the opposite, hurricane Irene looks set to intensify further and grow in size as she crosses the warm waters of the northern Caribbean heading straight for the Turks & Caicos islands and the […]