15 May 2014Alternative Risk Transfer

Willis secures $55m weather cover for first African cat pool

The African Risk Capacity (ARC) agency has launched the first ever African catastrophe insurance pool. The deal is underpinned by $55 million of index-based reinsurance capacity from the international weather risk markets secured by Willis.

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