Weather risk management and weather derivatives trading news

BGC Group, Inc., the global brokerage and financial technology company, has launched a new weather derivatives broking desk, with the hires of well-known weather hedging and trading specialists Nicholas and Eric Ernst.

US energy company Star Group (formerly Star Gas Partners) has benefitted from its weather derivative arrangements again in the first-quarter of 2023, recording a full recovery under the terms of the degree day contract it has in place.

London headquartered specialty insurance and reinsurance firm Beazley has teamed up with Arbol, a technology-led underwriter of parametric risk transfer, climate and weather insurance or reinsurance business, to deliver a range of parametric climate and weather risk transfer products to clients.

Arbol, a technology-led underwriter of parametric risk transfer, climate and weather insurance or reinsurance business, has become the latest company to establish a collateralized insurer class of company in Bermuda, named Arbol Re Ltd.

The African Risk Capacity (ARC), a provider of parametric disaster insurance products, has signed a first-of-its-kind multi-year, multi-peril agreement with the Government of Djibouti, designed with the help of parametric specialist Descartes Underwriting to protect the lives and livelihoods of one of the most climate-vulnerable communities on the African continent.

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has collaborated with re/insurance broker Aon and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to develop an innovative parametric earthquake insurance solution for a hydroelectric power station in Nepal.

There’s a lot of room for innovation when it comes to weather risk transfer solutions, and with the energy transition and adoption of renewables providing additional opportunities, Rishu Ranjan of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions is optimistic for the future.

Arbol, a technology-led underwriter of parametric risk transfer, climate and weather insurance business, has partnered with Singapore based insurer Singlife with Aviva to provide it a parametric rainfall insurance product for travellers.

Specialist flood risk modeller Fathom, and Reask, a climate analytics firm that leverages machine learning techniques, have partnered to create new, combined wind and flood risk models for re/insurers, banks, and ESG-focused investors. Initially, this collaboration will see each company permitted to sell the other’s products and services to both new and existing clients. However, […]

Technology-led underwriter of parametric risk transfer, climate and weather insurance business, Arbol, has today reported that it transacted more than $100 million in gross written premium (GWP) in the first half of 2022.