Personal Insurance

Parametric specialist Descartes opens London office

Descartes Underwriting, the insurance technology (insurtech) focused managing general agency (MGA) that specialises in parametric and data-driven risk transfer products,,.. Read More

Cat bonds & related ILS reach new $17bn annual issuance record

Catastrophe bond and related insurance-linked securities (ILS) new issuance has now reached $17 billion in 2021, setting a new annual,.. Read More

USAA gets $300m target, lower pricing for new Res Re 2021-2 cat bond

U.S. primary mutual insurance company USAA has successfully secured the upsized target of $300 million of collateralized multi-peril property catastrophe,.. Read More

Australia's Halloween 2020 hail industry loss raised to A$1.222bn by Perils

The insurance and reinsurance market loss from the so-called Halloween hailstorm event in October 2020 that struck south-east Queensland, Australia,.. Read More

Best of Artemis, week ending October 31st 2021

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending October 31st 2021, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and,.. Read More

Are Halloween Tricks Covered? - Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog - Merlin Law Group

It’s Halloween! Halloween can be an especially frightening night for homeowners. You probably already know that there is no such,.. Read More

The Claims File Privilege in Florida - Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog - Merlin Law Group

I’ve previously written about the “claims file privilege” in the state of Florida. In that blog post, Obtaining the Insurance,.. Read More

TP ICAP & Speedwell launch tradable climate index

TP ICAP group, one of the largest interdealer brokers in the world and Speedwell Group, a long-time specialist service provider,.. Read More

Sidecar investors likely relieved on Swiss Re's Ida loss pick: CFO Dacey

Investors in Swiss Re’s collateralised reinsurance sidecars were likely relieved when they saw the reinsurers loss picks for hurricane Ida,.. Read More

Impact Shares targets ESG cat bond & ILS exchange traded fund

Impact Shares, an ESG focused investment operation, is planning the launch and raising capital for a new catastrophe bond and,.. Read More

Lloyd's gets ILS capital support for three syndicates through London Bridge Risk

According to CEO John Neal, Lloyd’s has now secured the backing of insurance-linked securities (ILS) capital for three of its,.. Read More

Reinsurance outlook still negative, as it battles commoditization: S&P

The global reinsurance sector outlook remains negative, according to S&P Global Ratings, as returns for the sector still fall short,.. Read More