Data centre risk transfer news

Reinsurance giant Swiss Re has highlighted how growing natural catastrophe risk remains a significant driver of reinsurance demand, as insured nat cat losses continue to follow a 5–7% annual growth rate, driven by increasing exposures, rising asset values and changing hazard patterns.

When it comes to alternative sources of reinsurance capital and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investors supporting the massive need for capacity to insure and reinsure the data centre build-out, Swiss Re executives explained in Monte Carlo that it must be effective in terms of the economics.

At the S&P Global Ratings briefing in Monte Carlo at the RVS, Maren Josefs, Credit Analyst at the company explained that the big stories in insurance-linked securities has been catastrophe bonds and casualty sidecars this year, but she cautioned the market to remember that investors still don’t like surprises.

With the global economy having entered a capital expenditure (capex) super-cycle, there is a notable increase in investments being directed towards AI data centres. According to reinsurer Swiss Re, this could be a US$200 billion premium opportunity by 2030, within which alternative reinsurance capital, including catastrophe bonds and sidecars is expected to play a key […]

Recognising the burgeoning interest in underwriting exposures related to the data center build-out, global data analytics and technology provider Verisk has announced the launch of a dedicated exposure database for these large risks in the United States.

Broker Marsh is aiming to bring alternative sources of insurance and reinsurance capital into the digital infrastructure risk transfer sector, through the launch of a $10 billion property insurance exchange named Stratus.

The global data centre insurance market is projected to grow from currently around US $11 billion to more than $24 billion by 2030, which comes as the market continues to drive an influx of infrastructure risks and opportunities, according to Allianz Commercial, the commercial insurance business of Allianz Group.

As the insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bond markets continue to embrace artificial intelligence (AI), the technology has the potential to help expand the market into new sectors like data centre risks, according to Ethan Powell, Principal and CIO of Brookmont Capital Management.

Zurich, the European headquartered global re/insurance company, said this morning its has secured a significant $1 billion quota share reinsurance arrangement to support its growing business in underwriting data centre risks, while it has also broken out its US peak peril catastrophe reinsurance tower in its disclosures, now showing its recent catastrophe bond.

As data center exposure continues to grow, it is placing significant pressure on the insurance industry to address these challenges. In light of this, Jason Bolding from Gallagher Securities has emphasised that the growth will require a blend of traditional insurance, reinsurance, captives, catastrophe bonds, and sidecars to effectively fill the widening protection gap.