Capital Markets

Admittedly, my interest in blockchain has been fairly narrow. Given the role of PCS® in the global industry loss warranty ( ILW ) market, I’ve been particularly focused on how blockchain-enabled smart contracts could...

During a track at the IFoA Asia Conference 2018 last week, a speaker laid out a “future state” vision that included access to insurance-linked securities (ILS)—or at least some version of ILS—for retail investors. I’v...

Theresa May has indicated she intends to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty by the end of March 2017. After that, the United Kingdom has about two years to negotiate withdrawal from the European Union. With no...

Is blockchain really a solution in search of a problem ? At first glance, it may appear that way. Aside from developments in the industry loss warranty (ILW) market , clear use cases have been slow to emerge. That’s...

Blockchain has taken the global insurance industry by storm. Insurtech start-ups have begun to probe this emerging technology, and insurers and reinsurers have watched, explored, and tested. So far, however, blockchai...

Unfortunately, 2016 has been an active year for terror. Year to date, two incidents in the United States have led to 49 fatalities. Turkey has suffered more than the recent attempted coup d’etat and Ataturk airport...

We’ve put another record-setting quarter  for catastrophe bond issuance behind us, with $2 billion in fresh capital coming to market. In some ways, the first quarter of 2016 offered more of the same, with no first-tim...

Is the insurance industry watching developments in blockchain technology? Some of our folks in the market are, but it’s pretty clear to me that the focus is the other way around. The blockchain community has its eye o...

FY 2015 Catastrophe Bond Lite Issuance by Trigger Type Source: PCS, Artemis Deal Directory After a grueling four-month-long march that began in Monte Carlo, the January 1, 2016, reinsurance renewal is pretty much behi...

In an interview with WRIN TV , Joe Louwagie, assistant vice president, Property Claim Services (PCS) discusses the importance of accessing and accurately using data to make the best underwriting and rate-making...