Parametric ESG insurance

April 10, 2023

In times of panic — think Southwest Airlines, Norfolk Southern, and Silicon Valley Bank — investor moxie may give way to stock share dumps.

Panic and stock share dump. Thriving in a tornado corridor or flood plain demands fortitude and a reliable risk strategy. The same goes for investing in equity markets. In times of panic — think Southwest Airlines, Norfolk Southern and Silicon Valley Bank — investor moxie may give way to stock share dumps. […] Integrated processes, timely intelligence and good risk communications will help investors appreciate and value risk strategies and not panic.

March 28, 2023

Board tool for ESG and reputation risk. Steel City Re is offering a stand-alone product to boards of directors seeking timely, actionable intelligence tools to help them oversee mission critical risks.

Reputation insurer Steel City Re is offering access to its proprietary Reputation Volatility Metrics (RVM) Reports as a stand-alone product to boards of directors seeking timely, actionable intelligence tools to help them oversee mission critical risks. Best governance practices encourage boards to improve their risk oversight with independent intelligence sources. At a time when companies face multiple shifting and diverse risks that are magnified and accelerated by weaponized social media, Steel City Re said that its RVM report is a powerful tool for board members overseeing the management of enterprise risks such as ESG, reputation, ethics, safety, and security.

February 12, 2023

Demonstrating Quality and Effectiveness—not merely effort—is one of the strategic benefits of ESG and reputation insurances.

Demonstrating Quality and Effectiveness. In this recent post by the National Association of Corporate Directors, the lawyer authors write, “Documenting the board’s activities is a critical component of demonstrating management’s efforts to monitor relevant risks and board review of these efforts.” Under the DoJ’s enhanced enforcement guidelines, simply demonstrating effort is not sufficient. Demonstrating effectiveness—not merely effort—is crucial; and it is one of the strategic benefits of ESG and reputation insurances.

February 6, 2023

Authenticated Risk Strategy. If no one knows your firm has effective risk strategy, can it possibly be strategic?

A risk strategy, is, well, strategic. You know, it boosts value. If no one knows your firm has effective thoughtful risk management and dutiful governance over all that is mission critical, can it possibly be strategic? As the path to boosting equity value through share buybacks becomes increasingly expensive, this is a vital question CRO’s, CFO’s and board risk committees need to ask their risk leadership.

December 2, 2022

Parametric insurance grows in importance. A parametric insurance policy—one that is triggered and insures to model—makes ESG coverage possible.

Parametric insurance grows in importance. In a session at the Cayman Captive Conference 2022 Eddie Brooks, associate director of Alternative Risk Transfer Solutions at WTW, looked at how index-based, or parametric, insurance has emerged over the past two decades as a risk transfer mechanism with particular application to emerging risks resulting from the climate and nature emergencies.  A parametric insurance policy—one that is triggered and insures to model—makes ESG coverage possible.