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2 October 2025Alternative Risk Transfer

Seeing red: WTW launches parametric insurance based on Met Office weather warnings

Hospitality businesses that have to cancel lucrative private bookings or close ahead of bad weather can now find themselves covered by an innovative insurance policy which pays out even if the impact is not as bad as predicted.

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