Interviews

Cat bonds are an efficient and well-targeted answer for insuring charitable spending, according to Adam Bornstein, leader of the team at the Danish Red Cross, which oversaw the issuance of its debut cat bond covering volcanic eruptions.

The aspiring carrier is already providing risk-transfer deals for carbon offset buyers but plans for its initial underwriting to be focussed in more traditional areas.

Making it easier for brokers to use facility capacity is key to uptake, says the facility’s CEO, Dan Prince.

The vehicle will launch with $200mn of equity contributed by all the manager's ILS funds.

The head of Beazley's Smart Tracker discusses a variety of new smart-beta investment pitches and argues that broker M&A will drive more facilitisation of risk transfer.

The $850mn assets advised by the firm are already largely deployed.

The start-up changes its business model to selling data structuring and analytics services.

Affirmative cyber risks could be the next systemic risk the ILS market takes on, the executive suggests.

The InsurTech announced a partnership with Lockton Re earlier this month, and completed a fundraise in the fall.

New boss Flandro suggested subordinated debt as a reinsurance alternative in a hardening market.