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This episode features a speech and fireside chat interview from Artemis' ILS Asia 2024 conference, which was held in Singapore on July 11th.
It was our sixth in-person conference in Singapore focused on catastrophe bonds, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and alternative reinsurance capital trends.
This session featured a keynote speech and fireside chat interview with Paul Schultz, at the time the CEO of Aon Securities, the capital markets and investment banking arm of the global broking giant Aon.
Schultz has now become the Global Vice Chair of Reinsurance at Aon.
In this episode, Schultz gave a keynote speech to update the ILS Asia 2024 conference attendees on catastrophe bonds and ILS in Asia, after which he sat for an interview to explore his thoughts on market conditions.
Listen to the full episode for more insights into the Aon view on catastrophe bonds and ILS in Asia from our expert speaker. -
This episode features a fireside chat session from Artemis' ILS Asia 2024 conference, which was held in Singapore on July 11th.
It was our sixth in-person conference in Singapore focused on catastrophe bonds, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and alternative reinsurance capital trends.
This fireside chat featured three senior reinsurance leaders from the region, all executives and/or members of the Singapore Reinsurers’ Association (SRA).
Joining moderator Steve Evans were: Marc Haushofer, Chair, Singapore Reinsurers’ Association (SRA); Kenrick Law, Deputy Chair, SRA. Regional CEO, Allianz Re; Victor Kuk, EXCO Member, SRA. CEO, Swiss Re Asia.
The group discussed the Asian reinsurance market status and outlook, also sharing their views on Singapore’s continued development as a key market hub for the region.
In addition, the group spoke about their views on the use of third-party and alternative capital, as well as the important contribution that reinsurance and ILS together can make on the protection gap.
Listen to the full episode for more insights from these senior executives into the Asian reinsurance market and the potential for insurance-linked securities (ILS) in the region. -
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This episode features the audio from the third panel session of the day at Artemis' ILS Asia 2024 conference, which was held in Singapore on July 11th.
It was our sixth in-person conference in Singapore focused on catastrophe bonds, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and alternative reinsurance capital trends.
The third panel session of the day featured a discussion titled "Connecting innovative risk transfer with capital markets."
Moderating the panel session was: Kirtiraj (Raj) Jadeja, Divisional Director, AGILE Risk Advisory.
Joining him were: Piyush Jain, Appointed Actuary, Kshema General Insurance Ltd.; Esther Kim, Senior Product Manager, Public Sector Solutions, Swiss Re; Alexander Pui, SVP, Climate and Sustainability Consulting, Marsh; Yash Jain, Founder, Cliff Horizon.
The panel explored the role of technology in risk transfer, as well as innovative and responsive techniques such as parametric triggers and discussed why these innovative forms of risk transfer may prove attractive opportunities to investors in the capital markets.
They also discussed the protection gap and opportunities to narrow it using innovative insurance and reinsurance risk transfer techniques and efficient capital sources.
Listen to the full podcast episode for more insights into why innovative and responsive risk transfer may prove well-suited to further development of ILS and catastrophe bonds in Asia Pacific. -
The innovative Phoenix sidecar series of deals challenged the norm of what is seen in insurance-linked securities (ILS) and the product has delivered for its investors, William Ho, CEO of MS Amlin Asia Pacific told us in a recent interview.
Our latest Artemis Live podcast episode features William Ho, CEO of MS Amlin Asia Pacific, who joined us to discuss the Phoenix sidecar series, a set of collateralized reinsurance transactions issued out of Singapore with a focus on diversifying risks from the Asia Pacific region.
Ho explained on the Phoenix sidecar series of deals, "It was something that was a bit different, a bit diversified, against a peak-zone product.
"Whilst there was a bit of scepticism whether or not we could get something like this done, we felt the timing was right, that despite it being quite a challenging time to try and raise capital, this diversification play, being something a bit different, encouraged us at MS Amlin to to push forward with this kind of project in the region.
"We felt it was a bit innovative, we wanted to challenge the norm, and establish some expectations down the line as well."
Ho went on to explain the track-record of the Phoenix sidecars and told us, "We're going into our fifth year now. So, we've had four years of transactions on the trot. Looking back, we've raised over $160 million over that period of time, averaging between 8% and 9% return-on-capital. From an underwriters perspective, we ceded over $30 million of premium into these vehicles and generated less than a million dollars of losses.
"So, the track-record is building and that proof of concept is now turning into a transaction that can show it's got a track-record and it's got some longevity in it."
Listen to the full episode of this interview with William Ho of MS Amlin Asia Pacific to learn more about the innovative Phoenix series of reinsurance sidecar deals and the investment opportunity it presents. -
This episode features the second panel session of the day at Artemis' ILS Asia 2024 conference, which was held in Singapore on July 11th.
It was our sixth in-person conference in Singapore focused on catastrophe bonds, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and alternative reinsurance capital trends.
The second panel session of the day was a discussion titled "ILS investor sentiment and trends."
Moderating the panel session was: Yuko Hoshino, Senior Managing Director, Business Development, Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP.
Joining her were: Stefan Kräuchi, Founder / CEO, ILS Advisers / HSZ Group; Leslie Lim, Investment Director, Tsao Family Office; and InYeong Yi, Head of Reinsurance, Mitsui Bussan Pana Harrison.
The panellists discussed developments in investor sentiment for insurance-linked securities (ILS) with a particular focus on the Asia Pacific region.
The audience heard from ILS managers and a family office investor that allocates to insurance-linked securities (ILS), as well as a large asset owner with re/insurance interests, making for a well-rounded discussion.
Listen to the full podcast episode for more insights into investor sentiment for insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bonds in Asia Pacific. -
This episode features the second session of the day at Artemis' ILS Asia 2024 conference, which was held in Singapore on July 11th.
It was our sixth in-person conference in Singapore focused on catastrophe bonds, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and alternative reinsurance capital trends.
The second session of the day was a keynote speech and fireside chat interview focused on cyber catastrophe bonds.
Delivering the keynote and being interviewed was: Jon Choi, Director, Insurance Risk Consulting from specialist cyber risk modelling and analytics company CyberCube.
His keynote speech was titled "Cyber catastrophe bonds: Digital Ties and Natural Divides" and Choi explored the cyber cat bonds issued so far in the market and highlighted key differences and the opportunities for diversification between them.
After his keynote, Jon Choi of CyberCube joined Steve Evans from Artemis on stage for a fireside chat interview, where they discussed some of the issues raised during his keynote speech and the important role of risk modelling firms in helping to develop and promote the cyber catastrophe bond marketplace.
Listen to the full podcast episode for more insights into the growing cyber catastrophe bond market from our expert speaker. -
The life reinsurance industry in Bermuda has embraced the use of third-party capital structures and investor relationships, with sidecars now an established and growing feature of the market, Damian Cooper of PwC Bermuda explained in a recent interview.
Our latest Artemis Live interview is with Damian Cooper, an experienced audit focused Partner in the Insurance team at PwC Bermuda.
Cooper has a focus on the reinsurance industry, particularly the life sector, and also leads PwC’s capital markets, accounting and regulatory advisory practice within Bermuda.
With 20 years experience at PwC supporting life and general insurance clients in Australia, the UK and Bermuda, Damian has also audited several reinsurer’s ILS and third-party capital operations.
During our interview, Cooper pointed to the health of the life reinsurance market in Bermuda and highlighted a continuous trend towards innovation in the relationships between cedents and investors or asset managers.
Cooper explained some of the trends driving this.
He told us that, "On the demand side from the life reinsurers, it's worth noting that, obviously, reinsurers are fairly restricted, there's a real limit on a regulatory capital perspective on their ability to use debt financing so they are relatively dependent on equity.
"So third party capital has really been seen as an attractive way to grow, given its relative cost and flexibility as a tool to fund that growth, and given just the size of where these life reinsurers are going, there is a constant need, or a fairly steady need, to attain new capital to be able to fund that growth.
"For the established reinsurers, the use of third-party capital and those sidecars also gives an opportunity to generate sort of management fee income, right, so to create another revenue source for them as part of their wider sort of return to their primary equity holders.
"Then also, depending on the source of third-party capital, it can be used to ensure you get a good long-term alignment of interest between a ceding company or an asset manager and creating that sort of more symbiotic relationship on the reinsurance side, and then on the supply side.
"The existing success of those third-party capital vehicles is generating its own appetite for people looking at an effective way to essentially invest into the life reinsurance market and to be able to partner up or access the successful management teams, as they were, and their expertise in underwriting and asset management."
Listen to the full podcast episode for more insights from PwC Bermuda's Damian Cooper. -
This episode features the first panel session of the day at Artemis' ILS Asia 2024 conference, which was held in Singapore on July 11th.
It was our sixth in-person conference in Singapore focused on catastrophe bonds, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and alternative reinsurance capital trends.
The first session of the day was a panel discussion titled "Catastrophe bonds: Onwards and upwards in the liquid ILS market."
Moderating the panel session was: Mark Gibson, Head of Products & Solutions ILS, Schroders Capital..
Joining him were: Iain Reynolds, Director, Head of Catastrophe Analytics and Research, Peak Re; Lena Ng, Partner, Clifford Chance; Hussain Ahmad, Head of Structured Solutions, APAC, Guy Carpenter; and Peter DiFiore, Managing Director, Neuberger Berman.
The panellists explored the state of the catastrophe bond market and the outlook for the rest of the year, as well as the evolving use of catastrophe bonds as reinsurance and more direct risk transfer structures, plus how activity in Singapore and Asia more broadly is developing.
Listen to the full episode for more insights into the catastrophe bond market from our expert speakers. -
Urs Baertschi, CEO of P&C Reinsurance at global reinsurer Swiss Re joined us for this Artemis Live interview just in advance of the 2024 Monte Carlo Reinsurance Rendez-Vous event.
Baertschi discusses Swiss Re's priorities for the end of year renewal negotiations, his view of reinsurance market conditions, the need to continue working to close insurance protection gaps, the role of alternative capital and insurance-linked securities (ILS) and much more.
Speaking about what he expects to be on the agenda in Monte Carlo at the RVS, Baertschi told us, "Generally speaking, as we look at the environment, at the supply and demand dynamics, demand is up. Clients want to buy more reinsurance to de-risk their peak perils, and we're going to be in an active discussion around that as an industry."
Moving on to speak about terms and conditions, Baertschi continued, "When you look at the risk sharing between the insurance industry and the reinsurance industry, there clearly was a lot of movement about a year and a half ago and 24 months ago around this and it has stabilised since then.
"Primary insurance has caught up around the reality of what it means to have higher volatility in the frequency space as well."
He added, "The risk landscape keeps evolving and so it's really important for our industry, end-to-end, to reflect that evolving risk landscape in the kind of products that we offer, in the rates that are being charged throughout, in the structures, in the wordings, and so these are all going to be discussions that we expect to kick-off in Monte Carlo, and then throughout the rest of the renewal season."
Asked about key issues related to price adequacy, attachment points and his expectations for reinsurance capital providers to remain disciplined, Baertschi expects relative stability it seems.
"We would expect the current environment, that we've seen so far this year, to maintain throughout the balance of the year as well," he explained.
"This new-norm of more than $100 billion of insured losses from natural catastrophes is really here to stay, and that's a market reality. And the vast majority of that is driven by smaller events that should be picked up in the retention of the primary insurers.
"So with all of that, the history, the financial results, how the balance between the insurers and reinsurers in the risk-sharing is finding itself in the market, we would expect the environment to remain largely similar to the discipline that we have seen so far this year."
Listen to the full episode for more insights from Urs Baertschi, CEO of P&C Reinsurance at Swiss Re. -
There are an increasing number of insurance-linked securities (ILS) and collateralized reinsurance formations in Bermuda that have a focus on areas of the property and casualty (P&C) market outside of natural catastrophe risks, Damian Sealy of PwC Bermuda explained in a recent interview.
Our latest Artemis Live interview is with Damian Sealy, a Director and the Actuarial Leader for Bermuda and PwC in the Caribbean.
Sealy leads the delivery of actuarial services for PwC Bermuda and the Caribbean’s audit and advisory engagements. During his 18 year actuarial career he has worked with most insurance entities, from captives, to large global property and catastrophe reinsurers, as well as collateralized reinsurance and ILS structures in Bermuda.
During our interview, Sealy pointed to the health of the ILS market and expanding use of alternative capital sources in lines of insurance business outside of the more typical property cat.
He explained that the ILS and collateralized reinsurance market is "actively growing" and that this is leading to an increasing number of engagements for actuarial work related to newly established structures.
"For my team specifically, we're certainly seeing an increase in the number of new formations requesting our actuarial support, whether that's directly providing advisory support, where we are independent of the new vehicle, or as the actuarial team member within the overall audit team," Sealy said during the interview.
Going on to say that, "What I've seen recently are a number of structures, collateralized insurers and reinsurers, sidecars, where the underlying coverage relates to casualty business, and some also providing coverage across the market, in property cat, casualty, specialty.
"We, of course, focus our assistance in helping clients, or in the case of audit where the audit team is essentially my client, we're trying to help them to understand the sensitivity and the variability of that result."
Asked whether he believes casualty ILS and other P&C lines are a growth area, Sealy said, "I certainly do, especially as the industry and as the market, with the support of actuaries, continue to explore the impact that tail-risk and that longer-term variability can have, it can be positive, if understood.
"So I do think that this is a particular growth area, and I'm glad to see the market giving it consideration and expanding the support that it can lend to the industry."
Listen to the full podcast episode for more insights from PwC Bermuda’s Damian Sealy. -
This panel discussion was the fifth and final session of the day at our Artemis ILS NYC 2024 conference, held in New York on February 9th 2024.
ILS NYC 2024 was Artemis' largest insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference to-date, with over 410 registered attendees enjoying insightful debates from our expert speakers, as well as valuable networking opportunities throughout the day.
Attendees came from more than 30 countries across the globe to hear thought-provoking insights from catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market leaders, all under the theme of "Growing into the higher return environment."
This fifth recording from our ILS NYC 2024 conference features the final panel discussion with some of our expert moderators from the conference and a few guests.
The panel discussion was moderated by Steve Evans, Artemis owner and Editor-in-Chief.
He was joined by: Joanna Syroka, Director of New Markets, Fermat Capital Management; Alex Mican, Head of PCS Global Strategy and Growth, Verisk Insurance Solutions; Michael Stahel, Partner / Portfolio Manager, LGT ILS Partners Ltd.; and Mike Millette, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd.
With such depth of sector knowledge and expertise on stage, it was left to these moderators and guests to sum up their feelings on the future for catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS), while also exploring the future role of the capital market in reinsurance.
Listen to the full podcast episode to gain unique insights from these ILS industry experts. -
This panel discussion was the fourth session of the day at our Artemis ILS NYC 2024 conference, held in New York on February 9th 2024.
ILS NYC 2024 was Artemis' largest insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference to-date, with over 410 registered attendees enjoying insightful debates from our expert speakers, as well as valuable networking opportunities throughout the day.
Attendees came from more than 30 countries across the globe to hear thought-provoking insights from insurance-linked securities (ILS) market leaders, all under the theme of "Growing into the higher return environment."
This fourth podcast from our ILS NYC 2024 conference features a panel discussion focused on cyber risk and looks ahead to the potential for cyber catastrophe bond activity to grow, titled: Cyber cat bonds: After a successful start, where next?
The panel discussion was moderated by Joanna Syroka, Director of New Markets, Fermat Capital Management.
She was joined by: Kyle Freeman, Head of ILS, AXIS Capital; Brittany Baker, VP, Solution Consulting, Cybercube; Richard Pennay, CEO of Insurance-Linked Securities, Aon Securities; and Richard Gray, Head of Third Party Capital, Beazley.
With the first 144A cyber catastrophe bonds issued towards the end of 2023, this conference was the first international event where some of those directly involved in these breakthrough deals got to discuss them and gave their outlook for future cyber cat bond issuance.
The panellists explored the important considerations that had helped those first 144A cyber cat bonds be successful and how investor interest was cultivated for them.
They went on to explore the future potential of the cyber catastrophe bond market, asking what needs to happen to keep it growing, what the future demand for protection from the cat bond market could look like and how much capital support there is expected to be.
Listen to the full podcast episode of this cyber catastrophe bond focused panel discussion for unique insights into those first cyber cat bond deals, and what speakers expect for this new ILS market segment in the future. -
This panel discussion was the third session of the day at our Artemis ILS NYC 2024 conference, held in New York on February 9th 2024.
ILS NYC 2024 was Artemis' largest insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference to-date, with over 410 registered attendees enjoying insightful debates from our expert speakers, as well as valuable networking opportunities throughout the day.
Attendees came from more than 30 countries across the globe to hear thought-provoking insights from insurance-linked securities (ILS) market leaders, all under the theme of "Growing into the higher return environment."
This third podcast from our ILS NYC 2024 conference features a panel discussion focused on the private side of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market where collateralized reinsurance protections are written and invested in, titled: Collateralized Re & Retro - Creating consistency and coverage.
The panel discussion was moderated by Mitchell Rosenberg, Managing Director, ILS, Howden Tiger Capital Markets & Advisory.
He was joined by: Laura Taylor, President, Nephila Holdings Ltd.; Chris McKeown, Chief Executive, Reinsurance, ILS & Innovation, Vantage Risk; and Paul Larrett, Chief Underwriting Officer, Securis Investment Partners.
The discussion focused on the collateralized reinsurance and retrocession markets, exploring what has changed in recent years after the challenging losses face and how the ILS market can continue to expand this segment and remain a key provider of reinsurance and retro capacity in collateralized formats.
The panellists also explored the importance of delivering certainty to cedents, through the forms of coverage that are available in today's hard reinsurance marketplace.
Capital management and how collateral flows within the industry was also a key topic for discussion, with panellists explaining steps taken to improve the deployment, management and use of reinsurance collateral, to benefit both cedents and investors.
Listen to the full episode of this collateralized reinsurance and retrocession focused panel discussion for unique insights into how the more private side of the ILS market is set up for 2024, and how speakers view the forward potential of this ILS segment. -
This panel discussion was the second session of the day at our Artemis ILS NYC 2024 conference, held in New York on February 9th 2024.
ILS NYC 2024 was Artemis' largest insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference to-date, with over 410 registered attendees enjoying insightful debates from our expert speakers, as well as valuable networking opportunities throughout the day.
Attendees came from more than 30 countries across the globe to hear thought-provoking insights from insurance-linked securities (ILS) market leaders, all under the theme of "Growing into the higher return environment."
This audio from the second session at our ILS NYC 2024 conference features a panel discussion focused on forward-looking trends in the cat bond market after a record year in 2023, titled: Catastrophe bonds: Building on solid ground.
The panel discussion was moderated by Alex Mican, Head of PCS Global Strategy and Growth, Verisk Insurance Solutions.
He was joined by: Lynn Finkel, Chief Risk Officer, Revantage, A Blackstone Company; Michael Bennett, Head of Derivatives & Structured Finance, World Bank Treasury; Stephan Ruoff, Head of ILS, Schroders Capital; and Cory Anger, Managing Director, GC Securities.
The discussion focused on the cat bond market, looking ahead to what 2024 could bring for a market setting new records, on the back of growing demand from both sponsors and investors.
The panellists also explored what cedents really want from the cat bond market and how the investor-base can support their needs, as well as what structural opportunities could be presented and how catastrophe bonds can extend their role in disaster risk financing around the globe.
Listen to this full podcast episode for a catastrophe bond focused panel discussion with unique insights into how the cat bond market is set up for 2024, and what developments may be seen in cat bond structuring and offerings, to support both sponsor and investor needs. -
This panel discussion was the first session of the day at our Artemis ILS NYC 2024 conference, held in New York on February 9th 2024.
ILS NYC 2024 was Artemis' largest insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference to-date, with over 410 registered attendees enjoying insightful debates from our expert speakers, as well as valuable networking opportunities throughout the day.
Attendees came from more than 30 countries across the globe to hear thought-provoking insights from insurance-linked securities (ILS) market leaders, all under the theme of "Growing into the higher return environment."
This first audio recording from our ILS NYC 2024 conference features a panel discussion focused on trends on the investor side of the market, titled: Investor sentiment: Cultivating and aligning appetites.
The panel discussion was moderated by Lorenzo Volpi, Deputy CEO, Managing Partner, Leadenhall Capital Partners LLP.
He was joined by: Eveline Takken-Somers, Senior Director, Lead Portfolio Manager - Insurance Portfolio, PGGM; Jason Bolding, Global Head of Sales & Distribution, Gallagher Securities; Bernard Van Der Stichele, Senior Portfolio Manager, ILS, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP); Michael Stahel, Partner / Portfolio Manager, LGT ILS Partners Ltd.
The discussion focused on ILS investor sentiment, how appetites are developing, which instruments are receiving the most focus at this time, as well as how investor sentiment and appetites to allocate differ across catastrophe bonds and the more private ILS and reinsurance structures.
The panellists also explored what investors really want from the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class in 2024, including where their red lines might be, in terms of the discipline they expect to see from ILS managers
Listen to the full podcast episode of this ILS investor sentiment focused panel discussion for unique insights into how large institutional investors view the asset class at this time and how our experts see investor appetites for ILS and cat bonds developing. -
The successful issuance of the first full cyber catastrophe bonds in late 2023 was a watershed moment and the role of risk models in helping insurance-linked securities investors get up to speed on what is still a relatively new peril to the ILS sector was key, executives at Moody's RMS told us in an Artemis Live interview.
To find out more about the role of risk models in getting the first cyber cat bonds to market successfully, we spoke with Moody's RMS executives Damini Mago - Senior Product Manager, Cyber and Alice Woolley – Lead Consultant, Risk Advisory, recently.
With now four full 144A cyber catastrophe bonds successfully brought to market, the role of risk models has been critical in helping cedents to access an important new source of reinsurance capital and for investors to understand the exposures they were being presented with.
Moody's RMS Senior Product Manager, Cyber, Damini Mago said that, "2023 saw the first cyber catastrophe bonds come to the market. It was a watershed moment bringing this to the ILS market and as by the end of quarter four, we saw for 144A cat bond transactions, securing about $415 million in protection for those sponsors.
"We feel it's the first big step to open the doors for that additional capacity that the market clearly needs, especially with the premium growth that's expected from it.
"We view this as a pivotal step in establishing cyber as a viable asset class for investors, contributing to the advancement of the cyber insurance market. So, it's definitely an exciting time."
Helping investors to gain an understanding of the peril category that is cyber and precisely what risks these cyber cat bonds cover, was a key part of the process towards opening the ILS market up for cyber cedents.
Alice Woolley, Lead Consultant, Risk Advisory at Moody's RMS explained, "It is really encouraging to see how ILS investors stepped up. They're getting to grips with this new challenge, this completely new peril, and they're supporting not just one but multiple transactions.
"So, we've seen really encouraging signs and education has been a really key focus and a key part of this long journey of getting to where we are, with the cyber transactions so far."
During the interview, Mago and Woolley also discussed the Moody's RMS cyber risk model and what it covers, as well as how it was applied to the cat bond issues we've seen so far.
The importance of robust cyber loss event definitions was also explored and the pair also commented on the range of cyber cat bond structures that the market has seen thus far, as well as their hopes for a vibrant cyber cat bond market going forwards.
Listen to the full podcast episode for more insights into the exciting new world of cyber catastrophe bonds with Moody’s RMS’ Damini Mago and Alice Woolley. -
This was the sixth session of the day at our Artemis London 2023 insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, held on September 5th in London, UK.
Around 240 attendees enjoyed a busy day of thoughtful catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused discussion from industry experts, as well as valuable networking opportunities.
This session features an expert panel discussing parametric triggers in insurance-linked securities (ILS) and the future potential for parametric triggers in developing capital market backed responses to growing climate risk exposures.
The panel discussion was moderated by: Rowan Douglas, CEO Climate Risk and Resilience, Howden Group.
He was joined on stage by: Stephen Lathrope, Global Head of Insurance, ICEYE; Michael Bennett, Head of Derivatives & Structured Finance, the World Bank Treasury; and Edern Le Roux, Head of ILS and Cat Modeling, Descartes Underwriting.
The panellists discussed how parametric triggers have helped insurance and catastrophe bond protection expand to some underserved areas.
We heard of the need for greater collaboration between private and public entities, as well as the growing demand for disaster insurance protection for governments and their entities.
The panellists also discussed the important role of technology in the creation of parametric triggers and how this can help drive innovation and triggers that are increasingly closely calibrated to the underlying risks that insurance and reinsurance products are protecting against.
Listen to the full podcast episode to learn more about the future of parametric triggers in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market. -
This was the fifth session of the day at our Artemis London 2023 insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, held on September 5th in London, UK.
Around 240 attendees enjoyed a busy day of thoughtful catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused discussion from industry experts, as well as valuable networking opportunities.
This session features a keynote speech and Q&A with Jorge Familiar, Vice President and Treasurer, of the World Bank Group.
Familiar discussed the World Bank's role in disaster risk financing and use of insurance-linked securities (ILS) such as catastrophe bonds.
He explained that the World Bank's clients have benefited from significant risk transfer thanks to the cat bond structure over the years, saying that interest in insurance protection and leveraging capital market investor appetite to fund that, remains strong.
Familiar also discussed the role of ILS and cat bonds at the World Bank.
"We are focusing on increasing our financial capabilities and taking full-advantage of what we do in financial markets to further our mission," he explained.
Adding, "This leads to insurance-linked securities (ILS)."
Familiar further said that the World Bank is aware that countries need help to build resilience on the one hand, but also to build robust safety nets with different layers that will allow them to deal with natural disasters with different intensities and different probabilities of occurrence.
"Hence, there is clearly a space for cat bonds here," Jorge Familiar told the audience.
Listen to the full podcast episode to learn more about the World Bank Group's activities in the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market. -
This was the fourth session of the day at our Artemis London 2023 insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, held on September 5th in London, UK.
Around 240 attendees enjoyed a busy day of thoughtful catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused discussion from industry experts, as well as valuable networking opportunities.
This session features an expert panel discussing the need to sustain returns, across both catastrophe bonds and private ILS such as collateralized reinsurance, and ideas as to how that can be achieved.
The panel discussion was moderated by: Philipp Kusche, Global Head of ILS, Howden Tiger Capital Markets & Advisory.
He was joined on stage by: Florian Steiger, Head of Cat Bonds, Twelve Capital; Hervé Castella, Chief Third Party Capital Officer, SCOR; Marco della Giacoma, Portfolio Manager, Tenax Capital; and Michael Rich, Head ILS, Commodities & Environmental Strategies, K2 Advisors.
The panellists spoke about the evident diversification benefits that allocations to ILS have exhibited for investors over the last few years, saying that the lack of correlation remains a key driver for investor capital inflows to the sector.
They also explored how investor sentiment is evolving in the catastrophe bond space, as well as more broadly for investments into private ILS such as collateralized reinsurance arrangements.
Listen to the full podcast episode to learn more about the return potential of investment allocations to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market. -
This was the third session of the day at our Artemis London 2023 insurance-linked securities (ILS) market conference, held on September 5th in London, UK.
Around 240 attendees enjoyed a busy day of thoughtful catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused discussion from industry experts, as well as valuable networking opportunities.
This session features a timely panel discussion focused on cyber catastrophe bond market developments, featuring some of those involved in some of the first wave of cyber cat bonds that launched soon after this event.
The panel discussion was moderated by: Kyle Freeman, Head of ILS Structuring, Property, AXIS ILS.
He was joined on stage by: Joe Gottlieb, Partner, Insurance Practice, Sidley Austin LLP; Rebecca Bole, Head of Industry Engagement, CyberCube; Richard Pennay, CEO of Insurance-Linked Securities, Aon Securities; and Benjamin Baltesar, Head of Underwriting and Pricing, Credit Suisse Insurance Linked Strategies.
The group explored the readiness of the market for cyber catastrophe bond, discussing the response of investors to the prospect of cyber cat bonds getting issued, and speaking to some of the challenges faced in getting investors comfortable with cyber risks in ILS form.
Event definitions were a focus, as this has been one of the key considerations for sponsors and their service providers, to ensure coverage is robust from a cyber cat bond.
The investor side was also discussed and the group agreed that, in cyber risk, event definitions are critical so that ILS investors understand what losses could qualify and they could be exposed to, if they invested in a cyber cat bond.
The group also said that the ILS market is ready for cyber and that investors have approached this in a pragmatic manner, with the initial cyber cat bonds ready to provide a good test for investor appetite and lay the groundwork for what could be an important new peril for the catastrophe bond market.
Listen to the full podcast episode to learn more about the nascent market for cyber catastrophe bonds. - Vis mere
