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Alternative Risk Transfer

Better standards, fewer silos are key to scale parametric growth

Three industry leaders from contrasting backgrounds outline the principal tasks ahead in order to ensure parametrics cement and augment their place in the broader risk landscape.   15 July 2026

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MGAs and start-ups lead innovation, but people are the decisive factor

While advances in technology and data quality grab the headlines, industry leaders emphasise that progress, or lack of it, ultimately hangs on the humans in the equation.   15 July 2026

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Poor client understanding is parametric’s biggest obstacle to growth

Senior leaders point to the need to simplify and focus the message to move the sector to the next level.   15 July 2026

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Steady growth but sector will stay specialist: survey

The future is bright, say industry's leading lights, but there are headwinds and few expect parametrics to become mainstream.   15 July 2026

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Exclusive: Life after JTWC, and why the private market must step up

A column about parametric insurance by Mark Groenheide.   10 June 2026

Insurance

Inflection point for brokers in quest for relevance not volume

Augment Risk’s CEO explains how a focus on capital, rather than conventional broking, is shaping strategy and client relationships in a changing market.   27 April 2026

Alternative Risk Transfer

Do cat bonds serve poorer nations facing climate disaster well?

Experts advise climate-vulnerable nations to look beyond expensive, low-frequency cat bonds.   14 April 2026

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EU’s cat bond rethink stirs ILS leaders to coordinated public pushback

Fermat, Plenum lead early ILS defence as illiquid asset fears rise.   13 April 2026

Technology

AI will transform the future of risk faster than insurers can adapt: futurist Amy Webb

Webb warns that the nature of risk could change significantly within the next 5-10 years.   30 March 2026

Reinsurance

MS Amlin filters market noise, doubles down on reinsurance strategy

Prioritises long-term partners over cheap or new capital, says new head of outwards re.   25 March 2026

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