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Parametric insurance enabling crucial financing - The Parametric Post Issue 53

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Modelled hazard data for parametric triggers - The Parametric Post Issue 52

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Parametric insurance for carbon offset projects - The Parametric Post Issue 50

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Net zero - what’s the future for insurance?

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Investors continue to back the parametric market - The Parametric Post Issue 49

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Parametric insurance for marine ecosystems - The Parametric Post Issue 48

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Who cares about parametric insurance? - The Parametric Post Issue 47

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Parametric solutions for corporate earthquake risk - The Parametric Post Issue 46

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Climate risk: what data gaps remain?

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Parametric opportunities in semiconductor supply chains - The Parametric Post Issue 45

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Property Intelligence: Understanding and managing natural hazards

Insurers vs banks?

Are insurers better at understanding risk than banks? We’d argue yes.

Building momentum for parametric flood insurance - The Parametric Post Issue 44

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Descartes Underwriting and Previsico: using IoT to manage and transfer commercial flood risks

Paul Jones, Business Development Director – UK & Ireland at Descartes Underwriting, and Dr Andrew Pledger, IoT Systems Manager at Previsico, participated in a joint i

Understanding and managing natural hazards

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Covering business interruption losses with parametric insurance - The Parametric Post Issue 43

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Automating processes and speeding up operations: 30 companies we know

For most insurance organisations, there are manual elements to ingesting, processing and transferring data, which is time consuming and expensive.

Parametric protection for gig workers - The Parametric Post Issue 42

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Growing broker involvement in parametric - The Parametric Post Issue 41

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Parametric insurance for infectious disease outbreaks - The Parametric Post Issue 40

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2022 losses highlight the importance of secondary climate perils

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Parametric companies raise $300m in 2022 - The Parametric Post Issue 39

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Parametric initiatives at COP27 - The Parametric Post Issue 38

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Climate change impact on parametric portfolios - The Parametric Post Issue 36

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Understanding and transferring climate risks: 2 takeaways from WRMA European Event 2022

InsTech’s parametric insurance research lead Henry Gale attended the Weather Risk Managemen

Parametric protection at the point of worry - The Parametric Post Issue 35

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Tornadoes: a peril to watch in parametric insurance - The Parametric Post Issue 32

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Protecting supply chains with parametric insurance - The Parametric Post Issue 31

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Parametric risk transfer through marketplaces and exchanges - The Parametric Post Issue 30

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Parametric Insurance in 2022: the 150+ companies to watch

Parametric insurance has existed for over 20 years, but its use has grown recently due to new technologies and data sources.

What’s your embedded parametric insurance product idea? - The Parametric Post Issue 25

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Five approaches to parametric drought insurance - The Parametric Post Issue 24

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Building partnerships for parametric insurance - The Parametric Post Issue 23

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InsTech News: Remote Claims Assessment: 40 companies to know - early bird pricing

This week we cover what to expect from our Remote Claims Assessment report, details of two in-person InsTech evening events and an interview with CPP Group on the growing demand for parametric insu

A month in climate: storms, floods and the IPCC report

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2022: Already a record year for parametric insurance funding - The Parametric Post Issue 20

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InsTech News: Delivering data that works

This week, claims handling collaboration in practice, the InsTech guide to algorithmic underwriting, and moving from MGA to full stack insurer - lessons and advice from those who’ve been there and

Member Spotlight: Descartes Underwriting

InsTech London’s Henry Gale speaks to Descartes Underwriting’s team in London, Alessandro Girelli (Underwriting Manager) and Paul Jones (Business Development Director – U.K.

What's holding parametric insurance back? - The Parametric Post Issue 18

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InsTech News: ESG insights and the future of parametric

This week, details of the next InsTech Live Chat, our interview with Beazley Digital and have your say on the future of parametric insurance.

Best of both: bundling parametric with indemnity insurance

Parametric insurance is often bought as a complement to indemnity insurance, but newly announced hybrid products combining parametric and indemnity insurance in the same policy will launch in 2022.

How we spot parametric insurance trends - The Parametric Post Issue 16

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Replacing indemnity insurance with parametric - The Parametric Post Issue 15

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Sébastien Piguet: Co-founder & Head of Underwriting, Descartes Underwriting: Going global - delivering parametric insurance at scale

Descartes Underwriting, founded in 2018, has scaled quickly to provide parametric insurance against climate risks to corporate clients around the world.

COP26: the implications for parametric insurance - The Parametric Post Issue 14

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A new data source for parametric flood insurance - The Parametric Post Issue 13

Data sources need to be as localised and accurate as possible to be effective parametric triggers for natural catastrophes or weather events because the severity of an event can vary even within local areas.

Parametric policies for humanitarian organisations - The Parametric Post Issue 12

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Parametric protection against drought risk - The Parametric Post Issue 7

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