Winter Storm Uri

During the second half of February, winter storm Uri caused widespread chaos and damage in the USA. Especially Texas was hard hit. First estimates of risk modelling firms put the insured losses in excess of the cost from the wildfires and hurricanes of the last years...

Hurricanes Paulette and Sally, US wildfires

September 17, 2020 Shortly after the climatological mid-point of the hurricane season the tropical Atlantic presented itself quite active, sporting two hurricanes (Paulette and Sally) that affected land and one system (Teddy) that may come close to Bermuda in about...

Hurricane Laura

August 28, 2020 Storm history Laura was the first major hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed from a tropical wave that moved off the West African coast mid-August and developed tropical storm characteristics on August 20 while approaching the...

Pandemic Cat Bonds

The German finance newspaper Börsen-Zeitung published an article on the market potential of pandemic cat bonds on June 25, 2020. In researching for the article, selected ILS specialists were interviewed, among them Dr Karsten Bromann of Solidum Partners. His outlook...