Day: August 19, 2024

Data and analytics advances may help parametric cat bond sponsors on basis risk: AM Best

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Sponsors of catastrophe bonds with parametric triggers may benefit from advances in data and analytics that can help them in gaining a better understanding of the basis risk inherent in these instruments, analysis from AM Best suggests. In…

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ILS is key capacity for Beat under Ambac. Casualty an opportunity: Cavanagh & Anand

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Speaking with Artemis after the completion of Ambac Financial Group’s acquisition of a 60% stake in Beat Capital Partners, executives John Cavanagh and Naveen Anand told us that third-party capital in general and the ILS market are seen…

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Star Group lifts weather derivative protection slightly for 2025

This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. Having recorded a lower benefit from its weather derivatives for the last contract year, US energy company Star Group (formerly Star Gas Partners) has lifted the top-end of its protection from the weather hedges for its fiscal year…

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