The global captive insurance marketplace and how it is developing was the focus of our latest Artemis Live video interview and we learned that data is critical to help in effective captive formation.  Our latest Artemis Live video interview is with David Gibbons of PwC, a Partner and the Captive Insurance Leader at PwC Bermuda.  David works with some of the largest captive accounts in the world and delivers captive insurance solutions throughout the captive lifecycle.  In this interview we discussed some current captive insurance market conditions and trends David is seeing ..read more

Establishing insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment management operations and the impact of recent international tax developments in the industry was the focus of our latest Artemis Live video interview.  Our latest Artemis Live podcast episode is with Scott Slater of PwC, a Partner and the Tax Services Leader at PwC Bermuda. Scott also leads PwC in the Caribbean’s International Tax Services group, which is based in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. In this interview we discussed some recent international tax developments and how they could affect insurance, reinsurance and also in ..read more

This was the third session of the day at our Artemis ILS NYC 2023 conference, held in New York on February 10th 2023.  This conference was Artemis' largest insurance-linked securities (ILS) event to-date, with over 390 registered attendees enjoying a wide-range of insightful speaking sessions and networking opportunities throughout the day.  Attendees came from around the world to hear thought-provoking discussions from insurance-linked securities (ILS) market leaders, all under the theme of "(Re)construction & Renewal(s)."  This third podcast from our ILS NYC 2023 confer ..read more

This was the second session of the day at our Artemis ILS NYC 2023 conference, held in New York on February 10th 2023.  This conference was Artemis' largest insurance-linked securities (ILS) event to-date, with over 390 registered attendees enjoying a wide-range of insightful speaking sessions and networking opportunities throughout the day.  Attendees came from around the world to hear thought-provoking discussions from insurance-linked securities (ILS) market leaders, all under the theme of "(Re)construction & Renewal(s)."  This second session from our ILS NYC 2023 conf ..read more

The World Bank is "extremely pleased" with the response from investors and reinsurance markets to the recent placement of $630 million of catastrophe bonds and catastrophe swaps to protect Chile, according to Jorge Familiar, Vice President and Treasurer.  Jorge Familiar of the World Bank joined us in March 2023 for an Artemis Live interview to discuss the recent successful placement of $350 million of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) issued catastrophe bonds, alongside $280 million of catastrophe swaps, to provide the Republic of Chile with $630 million of ear ..read more

The “denominator effect” and investor rebalancing across asset classes has driven some of the biggest challenges for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market in recent months, Chris Parry, Global Head of Capital Partners at RenaissanceRe, told us in our latest Artemis Live interview in March 2023.  Chris Parry leads the third-party capital, insurance-linked securities (ILS) and joint-venture businesses at the global reinsurance company.  He joined us in March 2023 to speak about the state of the insurance-linked securities market, the ILS investor trends he is seeing, his outlo ..read more

Bermuda's insurance and reinsurance market is readily taking steps to embrace ESG within their business models, but there is a lot to do and the work can become very technical, according to Marisa Savage at PwC Bermuda.  Our latest Artemis Live interview is with Marisa Savage of PwC, a Partner in the PwC Bermuda Insurance practice, as well as leader of the PwC Actuarial Services practice for the Caribbean region.  Also the ESG Leader for PwC Bermuda, in this interview we discussed the importance of environmental, social and governance considerations.  Savage also explained ho ..read more

The global insurance, reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) industry has a clear seat at the table on discussions and actions related to climate change, according to Arthur Wightman at PwC Bermuda.  Our latest Artemis Live interview is with Arthur Wightman of PwC, the territory leader for PwC Bermuda and also the firm's lead on markets and for the insurance industry sector across the Caribbean region.  Wightman joined us to discuss the state of the insurance and reinsurance market, both in Bermuda and globally.  We also discussed climate change and the role of the ..read more

For our latest Artemis Live interview, we discussed the state of the catastrophe bond market after hurricane Ian and the opportunities now available to investors with Florian Steiger, Head of Cat Bonds at specialist ILS and reinsurance asset manager Twelve Capital.  Steiger explained that the catastrophe bond market actually got lucky with hurricane Ian, as had the storm made landfall further north close to Tampa, or impacted Miami, the realised losses for the cat bond segment could have been much more significant.  "I think, the outcome of hurricane Ian, and as we also see it now ..read more

This was the sixth session of the day from our Artemis London 2022 conference, held on September 6th, 2022. The event was Artemis' first insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference held in the City of London and saw more than 240 attendees enjoy a wide-range of sessions and networking opportunities. Themed largely around the catastrophe bond, attendees heard from expert speakers that have been in the sector for years, as well as newcomers with ideas of how to innovate the cat bond and ILS market going forwards. Attendees came from as far afield as New Zealand, Hawaii, Asia, North and South ..read more