Our Scans · (FS.4.01) Insurers' Business Model · Weekly Summary

• [New] The SEADRIF Insurance Company and the United Nations World Food Programme have launched a parametric insurance policy in Lao PDR that will provide pre-arranged financing of US$ 1.1 million, to enable timely support to communities impacted by extreme weather and other natural hazards. Artemis.bm - The Catastrophe Bond, Insurance Linked Sec
• [New] Japan's ¥292 trillion exposure represents a systemic risk to global reinsurance markets. Through my Asian lens
• [New] Risk transfer techniques, including reinsurance, finite risk protection, loss portfolio transfers, and alternative risk transfer (ART) solutions, are key to making captives viable for SMBs with annual premiums starting from $250,000. Imperial Corporate Training Institute
• Now priced, the confirmed $200 million Armour Re II 2026-1 cat bond will provide American Coastal with a just over three-year source of Florida focused reinsurance protection, for losses from the perils of named storm, earthquake fire following, severe weather and fire. Artemis.bm - The Catastrophe Bond, Insurance Linked Sec
• There is $200 million of limit from Slide's Purple Re Ltd. and Purple Re Ltd. cat bonds set to mature before the 2026 hurricane season begins, meaning Slide will go into the wind season with $780 million of cat bond supported hurricane reinsurance. Artemis.bm - The Catastrophe Bond, Insurance Linked Sec
• Aon has already demonstrated the broker role in government-backed programs, having coordinated DFC-backed war risk reinsurance facilities for Ukraine. P&C Insurance Executive Intelligence
• Beijing seeks to build a parallel infrastructure that could scale up quickly in a crisis - a kind of insurance policy rather than an outright replacement. / China Foreign Affairs Magazine
• Coupled with a continued strengthening of the Florida property insurance marketplace, Citizens' policy count and exposure are expected to remain steady or decrease marginally, further enhancing its financial position. Artemis.bm - The Catastrophe Bond, Insurance Linked Sec
• The increased premium subsidies will allow most corn and soybean producers in the Midwest to utilize an 80 or 85% revenue protection (RP) insurance policy with farm-level APH yields, and then supplement that policy with SCO and ECO insurance coverage utilizing county yields. TheLandOnline
• The $120 million catastrophe bond provides multi-year, capital markets-backed reinsurance protection against Florida named storms risk. Insurance Journal
• The US government stepped in with a $40 billion Development Finance Company reinsurance facility - raising broader questions about the boundaries of private insurability when geopolitical risk escalates rapidly, and governments become insurers of last resort. Roots

Last updated: 12 May 2026