Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility news

CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) is seeking a further expansion of its range of parametric insurance products for the region, with utilities such as energy firms and drought coverage both potential avenues it is exploring.

CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) to finalise its fisheries and aquaculture parametric insurance product for the region.

The CCRIF SPC (formerly named the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) has expanded its parametric risk pool to include Panama, as the Central American country joins the provider of parametric sovereign disaster risk transfer products and signs up for excess rainfall protection.

New funding from Germany through KfW is set to enhance the affordability and utility of parametric sovereign disaster risk transfer products offered through the CCRIF SPC (formerly named the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) to Caribbean and Central American countries.

CCRIF SPC (formerly named the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) has made a parametric insurance payout of $2.5 million to Trinidad and Tobago after its excess rainfall policy was triggered by heavy rainfall in October.

The passage of tropical storm Kirk close to Barbados in October triggered the Caribbean nations parametric rainfall insurance policy under the CCRIF SPC, resulting in a $5.8 million payout.

The Caribbean island nation of Haiti is to benefit from a small payout from the CCRIF SPC (formerly called the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility), after a recent magnitude 5.9 earthquake on October 6th activated its aggregate deductible coverage under the facility.

The CCRIF SPC (formerly called the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility), the parametric disaster insurance facility serving the Caribbean and Central America, is set to make its first payout of the 2018/2019 policy year to Barbados of more than $5.8 million following the passage of Tropical Storm Kirk.

The CCRIF SPC (formerly known as the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) is set to grow its risk pool again with the addition of a new member in St. Maarten, which takes the number of members of the facility to 20 countries – 19 Caribbean governments and 1 Central American government.

The Caribbean island nation of Haiti is to receive grant funding to help pay its premiums for parametric insurance cover from the CCRIF SPC (formerly known as the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility).