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Markets/Coverages: Howden Launches Climate Parametrics Practice to Help Clients Derisk Net-Zero Climate Transition

Howden, the London-based insurance group, announced the creation of Howden Climate Parametrics, a global practice that brings together re/insurance, climate, and data expertise to focus parametric risk transfer solutions on meeting the escalating demand for climate derisking capabilities across industries, …

Connecticut Updates Captive Insurance Law

Connecticut is updating its captive insurance law to provide more flexibility for established captive cells and allow captives to accept and transfer risk using parametrics. The legislation also provides tax benefits for owners of dormant captives. Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont …

Investors Back Startups for Commercial Auto, Climate Risk, High Risk Homes

An insurtech managing general agency focused on commercial auto insurance has raised $16 million in new Series A financing, a climate-risk related platform has $4.2 million in new seed financing, and a home insurance reciprocal and MGA focused on catastrophe-prone …

Germany, Global Parametrics, Hannover Re Launch Climate Impact Fund

Hannover Re and a parametrics company along with several German economic development agencies have created a natural disaster fund targeting investments in risk-transfer instruments relating to natural catastrophes and climate risks in developing markets. The fund — the Natural Disaster …

Beazley’s Digital Weather Policy: Plain English and Personalized

Specialist insurer Beazley has launched a digital insurance policy in the U.S. that can be customized and describes in plain English precisely what coverage the customer has bought. Beazley Weather Guard protects U.S. event organizers against the effects of severe …

10 Takeaways from the Future of Insurance and InsureTech Connect Conference

You’ve probably heard. There is tremendous investor interest right now in technology-first insurance startups, or insurtech firms. The first InsureTech Connect Conference in Las Vegas in early October attracted an estimated 1,500 tech entrepreneurs, investors and insurance executives from around …