Archive

  • COMMENT: From greenwashing to green thinking

    20 April 2021

    Catastrophe reinsurance and ILS are being pitched as ESG investment opportunities, but not everything is as green as it seems. While the data needed to make a judgement is scant, the industry can make progress, argues Tom Johansmeyer

  • Cyber loss ratios - and premiums - soar

    16 April 2021

    Ransomware attacks are singled out as the market's biggest challenge

  • Political risk becoming a factor in cat losses

    08 October 2020

    PCS's Tom Johansmeyer describes six ways politics could influence catastrophe events

  • Chilean riots show potential for catastrophic SRCC losses

    05 March 2020

    One-third of strike, riot and civil commotion losses incurred by retailers, says PCS report

  • PCS launches loss index for Latin America

    03 March 2020

    Chilean riots accelerate development of loss reporting service

  • PCS to launch speciality lines loss index

    30 October 2019

    The loss index will cover events of at least $500m on a worldwide basis

  • PCS extends loss indices to Asia Pacific

    29 October 2019

    The expansion builds on PCS’s existing offerings in Japan

  • Understanding loss development "critical" for ILS investors

    12 September 2019

    Experts open up about ILS market troubles

  • PCS launches cat loss index for Mexico

    04 September 2019

    Events with losses greater than MX$300m will be tracked by the index

  • PCS launches county-level US nat cat tool

    20 February 2019

    Initiative comes as catastrophe modelling landscape evolves