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The industry loss warranty (ILW) market has softened somewhat, seemingly in-line with the catastrophe bond market, with what were record high ILW rates-on-line now coming in on average roughly 12% lower for the second-quarter of 2022, according to our sources.

As the catastrophe bond market continues to deal with the effects of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, Tom Johansmeyer, Head of PCS, Verisk Insurance Solutions, expects demand for industry loss triggers to persist for some time.

For industry loss warranty (ILW) markets opportunities are plentiful heading into 2023, but it’s up to the industry to take advantage of it as more concepts are expected to continue to gain traction, according to Tom Johansmeyer, Head of PCS, Verisk Insurance Solutions.

In the wake of hurricane Ian, the industry loss warranty (ILW) market faces its share of losses, which, alongside broader issues impacting reinsurance and retrocession capital availability, means ILW rates-on-line are now heading for all time highs, according to our sources.

We’ve developed an industry-loss warranty (ILW) pricing data set from information we’ve gathered over the years, as well as recent input from our market sources that helped validate this new Artemis data service.

The market for retrocessional reinsurance lacks competition and this has been a factor in rapidly rising prices for that type of protection, broking group Gallagher Re has suggested.

As the retrocessional reinsurance marketplace remains capacity constricted, especially for lower down and catastrophe exposed attachments, the market has seen a resurgence in demand for weighted industry-loss warranty (ILW) products, according to Gallagher Re.

Marsh have announced that they are to begin selling the County Weighted Industry Loss (CWIL™) solution, which was developed in 2010 by Guy Carpenter as an index-based reinsurance contract issued by Nephila Capital. CWIL is now available to Marsh clients with exposure to U.S. windstorms or earthquakes and European windstorms.

Ghana looks likely to be another country who will adopt the usage of index-based weather insurance as a way to help their farmers cope with the vagaries and extremes of weather faced by the west African nation. The country is seeking to boost its food security and with the help of the World Bank, who […]

Vortex Insurance Agency, LLC, a subsidiary of MSI GuaranteedWeather, have announced a new product to help any businesses that depend on green pasture to hedge the risk that drought poses to their bottom line. The new product is index-based and utilises a rainfall index. Here’s the full press release from Vortex.