Artemis Live - Insurance-linked securities (ILS), catastrophe bonds (cat bonds), reinsurance

Christian Mumenthaler, the CEO of global reinsurance giant Swiss Re joined us for an interview and explained that he believes that the hard market in reinsurance will be sustained, at least for a few years.  During this Artemis Live interview, Mumenthaler discusses reinsurance market efficiencies, the insurance protection gap, secondary peril effects, the capital markets and insurance-linked secur...

This fireside chat interview took place at the Artemis ILS Asia 2023 conference in Singapore on July 13th.  This session featured a discussion with Lorenzo Volpi, Deputy CEO and Managing Partner of specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager Leadenhall Capital Partners, focusing on his firms operations as a diversified ILS investment manager.  Volpi discussed the benefits of ha...

This opening keynote speech was delivered at the Artemis ILS Asia 2023 conference in Singapore on July 13th.  During his speech, Cheng Khai Lim, Executive Director, Financial Markets Development Department at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), highlighted the importance of building out greater structuring and deal capabilities in the Asia region, as Singapore continues to streamline its in...

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund manager community continues to deal with trapped collateral from previous catastrophe years, but the opportunity cost has grown, we learned in our latest Artemis Live video interview.  Our latest Artemis Live video interview is with Megan Green, a Partner in the PwC Bermuda Asset Management Assurance Group.  Green's work is focused on providing assurance...

Insurers have lost control of their claims frequency, the speakers in our latest Artemis Live video interview explained, as technology enabled claims instigation has exploded, driving a significant increase in litigated claims. For our latest Artemis Live interview we spoke with Joe Petrelli, who is well-known in the industry as the President and Co-Founder of rating agency Demotech and now also a...

Parametric insurance solutions continue to be more broadly adopted, but the technology behind their triggers is also critical and solutions are developing fast.  Artemis recently spoke with Callum Higgins from Moody’s RMS, a Product Manager for Moody’s RMS event response services, and Martin Hotz, Head Parametric Nat Cat at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, to learn more about how parametric triggers...

This was the fourth session of the day at our Artemis ILS NYC 2023 conference, held in New York on February 10th 2023.  This conference was Artemis' largest insurance-linked securities (ILS) event to-date, with over 390 registered attendees enjoying a wide-range of insightful speaking sessions and networking opportunities throughout the day.  Attendees came from around the world to hear thought-pr...

Two competing factors are set to drive the conversation during the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, as well as the risk. But there are other important areas insurance, reinsurance and ILS market interests should remain alert to, according to Jeff Waters of Moody's RMS.  Jeff Waters is a meteorologist and has been the Product Owner for the RMS North Atlantic Hurricane Models since 2018.  He’s been a...

The global captive insurance marketplace and how it is developing was the focus of our latest Artemis Live video interview and we learned that data is critical to help in effective captive formation.  Our latest Artemis Live video interview is with David Gibbons of PwC, a Partner and the Captive Insurance Leader at PwC Bermuda.  David works with some of the largest captive accounts in the world an...

Establishing insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment management operations and the impact of recent international tax developments in the industry was the focus of our latest Artemis Live video interview.  Our latest Artemis Live podcast episode is with Scott Slater of PwC, a Partner and the Tax Services Leader at PwC Bermuda. Scott also leads PwC in the Caribbean’s International Tax Services...

This was the third session of the day at our Artemis ILS NYC 2023 conference, held in New York on February 10th 2023.  This conference was Artemis' largest insurance-linked securities (ILS) event to-date, with over 390 registered attendees enjoying a wide-range of insightful speaking sessions and networking opportunities throughout the day.  Attendees came from around the world to hear thought-pro...

When it comes to underwriting cyber risks, capital, whether traditional insurance and reinsurance, or alternative from the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, "has to be rewarded", Matt Harrison from risk modelling and analytics specialist Moody’s RMS, told us in our latest Artemis Live interview in April 2023.  As Director of Product Management for Cyber at Moody’s RMS, Harrison sets the st...

This was the second session of the day at our Artemis ILS NYC 2023 conference, held in New York on February 10th 2023.  This conference was Artemis' largest insurance-linked securities (ILS) event to-date, with over 390 registered attendees enjoying a wide-range of insightful speaking sessions and networking opportunities throughout the day.  Attendees came from around the world to hear thought-pr...

This was the first session of the day at our Artemis ILS NYC 2023 conference, held in New York on February 10th 2023. This conference was Artemis' largest insurance-linked securities (ILS) event to-date, with over 390 registered attendees enjoying a wide-range of insightful speaking sessions and networking opportunities throughout the day.  Attendees came from around the world to hear thought-prov...

The World Bank is "extremely pleased" with the response from investors and reinsurance markets to the recent placement of $630 million of catastrophe bonds and catastrophe swaps to protect Chile, according to Jorge Familiar, Vice President and Treasurer.  Jorge Familiar of the World Bank joined us in March 2023 for an Artemis Live interview to discuss the recent successful placement of $350 millio...

The “denominator effect” and investor rebalancing across asset classes has driven some of the biggest challenges for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market in recent months, Chris Parry, Global Head of Capital Partners at RenaissanceRe, told us in our latest Artemis Live interview in March 2023.  Chris Parry leads the third-party capital, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and joint-venture b...

Bermuda's insurance and reinsurance market is readily taking steps to embrace ESG within their business models, but there is a lot to do and the work can become very technical, according to Marisa Savage at PwC Bermuda.  Our latest Artemis Live interview is with Marisa Savage of PwC, a Partner in the PwC Bermuda Insurance practice, as well as leader of the PwC Actuarial Services practice for the C...

The Bermuda insurance and reinsurance market has weathered recent global volatility and elevated levels of catastrophe events extremely well, demonstrating its resilience, according to Matt Britten at PwC Bermuda.  Our latest Artemis Live interview is with Matt Britten of PwC, a Partner in the PwC Bermuda Insurance and Reinsurance practice, as well as the Risk Assurance practice leader there.  Bri...

The global insurance, reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) industry has a clear seat at the table on discussions and actions related to climate change, according to Arthur Wightman at PwC Bermuda.  Our latest Artemis Live interview is with Arthur Wightman of PwC, the territory leader for PwC Bermuda and also the firm's lead on markets and for the insurance industry sector across the C...

For our latest Artemis Live interview, we discussed the state of the catastrophe bond market after hurricane Ian and the opportunities now available to investors with Florian Steiger, Head of Cat Bonds at specialist ILS and reinsurance asset manager Twelve Capital.  Steiger explained that the catastrophe bond market actually got lucky with hurricane Ian, as had the storm made landfall further nort...

This was the seventh session of the day from our Artemis London 2022 conference, held on September 6th, 2022.  The event was Artemis' first insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference held in the City of London and saw more than 240 attendees enjoy a wide-range of sessions and networking opportunities.  Themed largely around the catastrophe bond, attendees heard from expert speakers that have bee...

This was the sixth session of the day from our Artemis London 2022 conference, held on September 6th, 2022. The event was Artemis' first insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference held in the City of London and saw more than 240 attendees enjoy a wide-range of sessions and networking opportunities. Themed largely around the catastrophe bond, attendees heard from expert speakers that have been in...

This was the fifth session of the day from our Artemis London 2022 conference, held on September 6th, 2022.  The event was Artemis' first insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference held in the City of London and saw more than 240 attendees enjoy a wide-range of sessions and networking opportunities.  Themed largely around the catastrophe bond, attendees heard from expert speakers that have been...

This was the fourth session of the day from our Artemis London 2022 conference, held on September 6th, 2022. The event was Artemis' first insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference held in the City of London and saw more than 240 attendees enjoy a wide-range of sessions and networking opportunities. Themed largely around the catastrophe bond, attendees heard from expert speakers that have been i...

This was the third session of the day from our Artemis London 2022 conference, held on September 6th, 2022.  The event was Artemis' first insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference held in the City of London and saw more than 240 attendees enjoy a wide-range of sessions and networking opportunities.  Themed largely around the catastrophe bond, attendees heard from expert speakers that have been...