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Weatherbill have struck a deal with another holiday company to provide weather insurance to their customers. Sunquest Vacations, a Canadian travel company, are offering a policy called RainCheck which acts as a rainfall protection guarantee by offering another trip to travelers with the policy who experience rainfall of half an inch for half the days […]

Weatherbill have provided the cover for another innovative travel scheme similar to their deal with Priceline. They’ve entered into an agreement with itravel2000.com, Canada’s largest online travel retailer, to provide coverage for their promotion, “Let it Snow”. WeatherBill will provide up to $100m CDN in snow coverage. The deal involves itravel2000 customers receiving a refund […]

According to the publication Travel Weekly (article here), Weatherbill are looking to target UK travel companies in an attempt to capitalise on their recent deal with Priceline.com. Good move by Weatherbill. The UK travel industry (particularly tour operators) do not use alternative methods to hedge against weather either for their customers or their own bottom […]

Weatherbill, the online service offering weather protection to businesses, has arranged a novel deal for Priceline.com Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN), a leading online travel agent. Priceline are offering a new holiday package called Sunshine Guaranteed to over 100 destinations in the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean and Europe. The deal, being run as a limited time promotion, […]

Great news to read that Nephila Capital is extending its partnership with Weatherbill (as announced at RIMS) by agreeing to provide more capacity for the online weather risk service. All cover will continue to be provided via the Nimbus Weather Fund run by Nephila. Seeing such firms working together to provide new areas of capacity […]

Metromile, the auto insurance focused technology company that recently listed on the Nasdaq after a SPAC acquisition, has added insurance and reinsurance linked investments specialist John Butler from Cohen & Co. to its Board.

Nephila Capital, the largest insurance and reinsurance-linked fund manager with approximately $11 billion of ILS assets under management, is expanding its role in weather, climate and environmental, social & governance risks with the launch of a dedicated unit, Nephila Climate.

The second named storm of the 2015 Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane season formed a few hours ago, as tropical storm Bill gained sufficient organisation in the Gulf of Mexico to be named on its way to the Texas coastline.

A technology focused weather insurance firm that Artemis first covered in 2008 has been purchased by agricultural giant Monsanto for around $1 billion. The Climate Corporation, formerly Weatherbill, has grown from an online weather insurance provider into a major player in crop insurance.

The Weather Risk Management Association (WRMA), an international trade organisation dedicated to promoting the weather risk management sector, has announced the appointment of new industry figures to its board of directors and the election of the organisations officers. These officials are entrusted with leading and counseling the organisation through 2012 and 2013.