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The Parametric Post, the only newsletter dedicated to parametric insurance. You can sign up for free here. The InsTech perspective… who cares about parametric insurance? We launched the Parametric Post newsletter two years ago. As the parametric insurance market has grown, interest in ...

  The Parametric Post, the only newsletter dedicated to parametric insurance. You can sign up for free here. The InsTech perspective… parametric solutions for corporate earthquake risk The 21st century has seen some of the costliest earthquakes of all time. Between 2000 and 2022, 123 earthquakes cost insurers ...

InsTech’s new report, released in partnership with Safehub, looks at how parametric earthquake insurance works and how sensor technology can provide a building-specific trigger for parametric policies.

In conversation with: Demex The Demex Group’s President & CEO Bill Clark and Chief Risk Officer Matt Coleman recently joined Matthew Grant and Henry Gale on InsTech podcast episode 234 to talk about how increasing losses from non-catastrophic weather events leave enterprises and insurers exposed. ...

The consequences of non-damage business interruption (NDBI), when events like pandemics don’t cause physical damage to a business but do result in significant drops in revenue, have been particularly clear since 2020. Small businesses and gig workers are particularly vulnerable to losses of income during ...

The Parametric Post, the only newsletter dedicated to parametric insurance. You can sign up for free here. The InsTech perspective… parametric opportunities in semiconductor supply chains In recent years, parametric insurance has seen the most traction where traditional insurance falls short. Semiconductor supply ...

Member Spotlight: Cerchia What are your backgrounds and why did you found Cerchia? Michael: I worked in risk management in investment banks throughout my career across Europe and Asia. Whilst working in Japan, I experienced regular small earthquakes. I considered all the risks that insurance ...

The Parametric Post, the only newsletter dedicated to parametric insurance. You can sign up for free here. The InsTech perspective… building momentum for parametric flood insurance Flood is one of the most pervasive global perils. According to Aon’s 2023 Weather, Climate ...

Descartes and Previsico Paul, can you give some background on Descartes Underwriting? Paul: Descartes Underwriting is an underwriting agency focused on climate-related parametric insurance. It is based in Paris, with twelve offices around the world. Descartes was founded in 2018 and offers corporate insurance against climate ...

Member Spotlight: ARMD Why did you found ARMD? I co-founded ARMD following my experience at my previous business, an internet-of-things (IoT) technology company developing smart security systems for home and business owners. Tradespeople would ask me if they could use our smart alarms to protect ...

We hear a lot about insurance protection for major catastrophes, but losses from frequent, local events now cause as much damage as the larger disasters that make the news. But insurance coverage is lagging behind leaving insurers and enterprises exposed to loss with no insurance ...

The Parametric Post, the only newsletter dedicated to parametric insurance. You can sign up for free here. The InsTech perspective… covering business interruption losses with parametric insurance Parametric insurance has been most widely used to cover the risks that are hardest to cover ...