personal Insurance

Atrium to launch cat, weather & climate risk Syndicate 2026 with institutional backing

Atrium, a specialty insurer at the Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance marketplace has been granted “in principle” approval from Lloyd’s to,.. Read More

KCC updates US SCS model, to support reinsurer and ILS investor capital allocation

Catastrophe risk modelling specialist Karen Clark & Company (KCC), has launched a new version of its US Severe Convective Storm,.. Read More

NDF backs Willis and Rares parametric insurance policy for fishers in the Philippines

Willis, a business of insurance and reinsurance broker WTW and Rare, the global conservation organisation have teamed up to launch,.. Read More

Building resilient portfolios through an independent view of risk: Schroders Lohmann

A recent commentary by Schroders Capital’s Vice Chairman of Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) Dirk Lohmann highlights how the firm takes “an,.. Read More

Smoke Damage is Direct Physical Damage | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog

Smoke damage is direct physical damage. Learn how the Bottega case and proper testing, documentation, and chain of custody can,.. Read More

California FAIR Plan enters catastrophe bond market with $250m Golden Bear Re

The California FAIR Plan Association is sponsoring its first catastrophe bond, with an initial target to secure $250 million or,.. Read More

G20 Ministers call for scaling up of parametric insurance, risk pools, catastrophe bonds

Ministers from the G20, or Group of Twenty forum for global economic cooperation, recently came together in South Africa for,.. Read More

Farmers seeks $300m Topanga Re 2025-1 multi-peril catastrophe bond

Farmers Insurance Group has returned to the catastrophe bond market for its second sponsorship, seeking at least $300 million of,.. Read More

Moodys finalises, publishes new catastrophe bond and ILS rating methodology

Moody’s Ratings has now finalised and published its awaited new methodology for rating insurance-linked securities (ILS) such as catastrophe bonds.Moody’s,.. Read More

KKR sidecar assets and fees show importance of third-party capitalised reinsurance strategy

For KKR, with committed capital managed in life and annuity reinsurance sidecar structures under Global Atlantic rising rapidly for the,.. Read More

Premier Ebanks urges Cayman Islands to consider cat bonds after Hurricane Melissa

Reflecting on Hurricane Melissa’s impacts on Jamaica, Hon. Andre Ebanks, MP, Premier & Minister for Financial Services and Commerce, of,.. Read More

Smoke Is Physical Damage Which May Not Be Paid Without Verification | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog

November 12, 2025 Smoke damage is currently a hotbed for disagreement and litigation in California and elsewhere. Insurers are paying,.. Read More