strike riot civil commotion (SRCC)

The cyber-attack threat is elevated this year and as the need for risk transfer grows, the re/insurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market would benefit from considering ways to formalise what losses are included under cyber ILS deals, according to Tom Johansmeyer, Head of PCS.

In the first of a series of sponsor showcase video interviews for the upcoming Artemis ILS NYC 2022 conference (held April 22nd in New York City), we welcomed Tom Johansmeyer, Head of PCS, who joined us to talk all things political violence, unrest and cyber risk.

For our latest Artemis Live interview we were joined by Tom Johansmeyer, Head of PCS, to discuss the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market’s appetite to invest in strike, riot & civil commotion (SRCC) or political violence related reinsurance risks.

We spoke with Tom Johansmeyer, Head of PCS, today, to discuss the rioting and civil disturbance seen at the US Capitol buildings on January 6th 2021.

In an extensive and insightful keynote at the virtually held Artemis ILS Asia 2020 conference (now available on-demand), Head of PCS, Tom Johansmeyer discussed a number of Covid-19 loss scenarios, including the potential combined impacts of the virus and strike riot, civil commotion (SRCC) in the U.S.

The rioting and civil commotion across the United States in recent days is thought likely to cause insurance market losses of as much as $1 billion, but with retentions generally quite high on exposed programs, carriers may not be able to pass on too much of their losses to reinsurance capital.

Rioting and civil commotion across the United States has now been designated as a catastrophe event in multiple-states by PCS, the first time the industry loss data aggregator has done so in its history.

The ongoing situation of riots and civil commotion outbreaks in numerous cities across the United States have the potential to aggregate into a reasonably sizeable loss for insurance and reinsurance carriers, which analysts at KBW warns could turn 2020 into a capital event for some.