weather risk

A report published today by reinsurer Swiss Re looks at the growing energy markets, how they are forecast to change and grow as renewable energy sources become ever more important and policy begins to reflect climate science and how they will require financing and risk transfer solutions. The report identifies a growing opportunity for reinsurers, […]

Reinsurance broker Aon Benfield has published a report which delivers a timely reminder to the insurance and reinsurance industry that the potential losses from a major space weather event could cause massive economic and insured losses and the re/insurance industry needs to consider its preparation and response. Solar storm and geomagnetic activity is forecast to […]

Here’s a piece of news that we didn’t hear about in 2012, the two Cumulus Funds which were owned and operated by investment firm PCE Investors in London, have been bought and ownership transferred to London-based investment firm City Financial Investment Company back in October. The funds offer investors a weather risk investment opportunity, with […]

The United States (U.S.) dominated natural catastrophe insured losses in 2012, according to the world’s largest reinsurer Munich Re in its review of worldwide natural catastrophes which it published this week. As much as 90% of the global natural catastrophe insured loss total is attributed to events in the U.S. with Munich Re saying that […]

Interesting news today as Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty property and casualty insurance and reinsurance provider, announces that it has bought weather risk management solutions specialist Galileo Weather Risk Management. Endurance has acquired the assets of Galileo and hired all of its employees and this will now become the foundation of Endurance’s launch […]

The results of a study published today by the world’s largest reinsurer Munich Re shows that North America is the region which has seen the biggest increase in weather-related extreme catastrophe events in recent decades. The report looked at weather related perils and incidence trends, finding that North America was the most affected in recent […]

We’ve written about the application of weather index insurance products, where payouts are based on parametric indices of actual climatic conditions such as temperature, moisture or rainfall, many times in our coverage of the growing microinsurance sector. Use of weather index insurance has enabled microinsurance to become more widespread as the policy terms and conditions […]

A stormy future lies ahead for U.S. property and casualty re/insurers according to a new report from Ceres, a nonprofit group advocating for sustainability leadership from businesses and investors. The report suggests worsening weather in a warming world poses a growing risk to the financial stability of insurance and reinsurance companies, and this has broad […]

The economies of countries such as Bangladesh, Philippines, Myanmar, India and Viet Nam are among the most exposed economically to the impacts of natural disasters and weather or climate catastrophes, according to the second Natural Hazards Risk Atlas published by risk analysis and mapping firm Maplecroft.

Helped by the growth of microinsurance and weather-index insurance, India’s weather insurance market has been experiencing rapid growth in recent years. Now with more farmers starting to use weather insurance as a way to mitigate against the risks posed by extreme weather and climate change impacts two of India’s biggest players in weather insurance have […]