catastrophe

We hope you all had a good Christmas break and that this last weekly ‘best of’ post of 2012 helps you catch up on any news you may have missed. We’d like to wish you all the best for what looks set to be a busy 2013 for the market! As always, you can read […]

We’d like to take this chance to wish our readers, advertisers, sponsors, friends and partners a very Happy Holidays and all the best for a prosperous and successful 2013. We’ll keep you up to date on any breaking news over the festive period. As always, you can read every market news story and article on […]

Reinsurer Swiss Re has released preliminary estimates from its sigma division for the amount of insured losses that insurers and reinsurers will have to pay from both man-made and natural disasters in 2012. They estimate economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters will likely reach $140 billion in 2012 with the re/insurance industry being […]

The market continues to generate significant interest and buzz and as a result the news flow has been brisk again in the last week. As we head towards the end-of-year holidays we expect this to slow as focus turns to the reinsurance renewals. As always, you can read every market news story and article on […]

As we move towards the end of the year and the ever important January reinsurance renewals, it’s no surprise to see a new reinsurance-linked investment fund launch or for more cat bonds to come to market. As always, you can read every market news story and article on the Artemis news blog, subscribe to our […]

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) expects to pass on over $1 billion worth of damages caused by hurricane Sandy to insurers and reinsurers, according to a presentation from their latest board meeting. The MTA expects to suffer a loss of around $5 billion thanks to the damage caused by Sandy to New York’s […]

Ever since the devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in March 2011 the country has received a lot of attention regarding the high level of exposure to a variety of natural disasters and catastrophes. Chinese solar panel and module manufacturer Phono Solar is addressing the broad catastrophe risks in Japan by introducing a natural disaster […]

Once again the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has renewed calls for catastrophe bonds to play a part in providing risk transfer and financial protection to enable recovery from major natural catastrophes in the Asia-Pacific region. The ADB has been growing increasingly concerned about the impacts a changing climate will have on the region where 7 […]

Once again the market has been dominated by discussion of loss estimates for hurricane Sandy in the last week. We also had more news on an interesting fund launch, news of a novel life reinsurance transaction and insight into how to make cat bonds cheaper. As always, you can read every market news story and […]

We hope our U.S. readers enjoyed their Thanksgiving break. Here is our regular Monday morning update to ease you back into work and give you a chance to catch up on all the news from the markets we cover. As always, you can read every market news story and article on the Artemis news blog, […]