About ABS Consulting
A global risk consulting and engineering firm that delivers technical design, asset integrity management, and data-driven risk assessment. A subsidiary of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), they serve critical infrastructure sectors including marine, offshore energy, and chemicals, and famously developed FEMA's HAZUS multi-hazard loss-estimation software.
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Capital markets, ILS well-structured to absorb data centre nat cat risks: Howden
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. The global data centre build-out is creating unprecedented risk concentrations in natural disaster zones, and pushing traditional insurance capacity to its limits. Howden sees this as a prime opportunity for the capital markets, as catastrophe peak risk remains the foundations of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class. According to Howden’s new report, in the US, […] Capital markets, ILS well-structured to absorb data centre nat cat risks: Howden was published by: www.Artemis.bm catastrophe bond deal directory our free weekly email newsletter here.
Global insurers must prepare to absorb $171bn in insured cat losses each year: Verisk
Increasing catastrophes, inflation and construction costs are driving the continued rise in insured losses, Verisk’s 2026 Global Modelled Catastrophe Losses Report finds. According to the annual report, the insurance industry should be prepared to withstand $171 billion in insured catastrophe losses on average in a given year, up $19 billion from a year ago, and […] The post Global insurers must prepare to absorb $171bn in insured cat losses each year: Verisk appeared first on ReinsuranceNe.ws.
ILS and broader securitisation key to absorbing nat cat risk: Schroders Capital
This content is copyright to www.artemis.bm and should not appear anywhere else, or an infringement has occurred. The increasing need for capital to manage and mitigate natural hazard risk is creating strong opportunities for investors, according to Schroders Capital, who emphasises that by allocating to catastrophe risk through insurance-linked securities, broader securitisation, and other risk-transfer markets, investors can secure attractive returns by absorbing catastrophe risk when pricing reflects expected losses and required […] ILS and broader securitisation key to absorbing nat cat risk: Schroders Capital was published by: www.Artemis.bm catastrophe bond deal directory our free weekly email newsletter here.