Parametric insurance news

Dr. Nigel Clarke, the Minister of Finance of Jamaica and the driver of that country’s multi-layered approach to disaster risk financing that includes the first catastrophe bond for a small-island state has been proposed to become a Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

NormanMax Insurance Holdings, the US based parametric insurance and reinsurance group that is the operator of the first pure-parametric syndicate at Lloyd’s, has announced the hiring of Jonathan Friedland from Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company (UPCIC).

In time, as wildfire risk models advance and the market becomes more accepting of them, Guy Carpenter executives suggest investor confidence may increase, resulting in a growing willingness to deploy ILS capital to support the California market’s need for wildfire protection.

NormanMax Insurance Holdings, the US based parametric insurance and reinsurance group launched by former Universal founder and CEO Bradley Meier, has expanded the reach of its parametric reinsurance solutions to include coverage for earthquakes in Chile.

Sponsors of catastrophe bonds with parametric triggers may benefit from advances in data and analytics that can help them in gaining a better understanding of the basis risk inherent in these instruments, analysis from AM Best suggests.

Having recorded a lower benefit from its weather derivatives for the last contract year, US energy company Star Group (formerly Star Gas Partners) has lifted the top-end of its protection from the weather hedges for its fiscal year 2025.

NormanMax Insurance Holdings, the US based parametric insurance and reinsurance group that is the operator of the first pure-parametric syndicate at Lloyd’s, has announced the hiring of a new Chief Underwriting Officer in Daniel Turgel from Topsail Re, as well as a new General Counsel with ILS experience in Matthew Gabin.

Communications specialist Liberty Latin America is expecting a $44 million payout from parametric weather derivatives after the passage of hurricane Beryl triggered these instruments for the company.

Liberty Mutual Reinsurance (Liberty Mutual Re), the reinsurance arm of the Liberty Mutual insurance group, is providing the capacity to support a new parametric insurance program to benefit Kenyan coffee growers.

African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd.), the financial affiliate and parametric insurance underwriting entity of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group, has commemorated its ten-year anniversary and said it has now paid out over $170 million in claims.