Parametric earthquake News

Markets/Coverages: Liberty Mutual Re, Safehub Offer Parametric Quake Re/Insurance

Liberty Mutual Reinsurance (LM Re), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced a partnership with Safehub, a technology provider in seismic sensor and risk management solutions to offer a market-first, building-specific, sensor-based, parametric earthquake re/insurance product to clients globally. …

Neptune Flood Acquires Parametric Earthquake Insurance Broker Jumpstart

Digital flood insurance provider Neptune Flood has acquired Jumpstart Insurance Solutions, a parametric insurtech broker that offers parametric earthquake policies. Terms were not disclosed. Jumpstart, a licensed surplus lines insurance broker selling online and using Lloyd’s capacity, began offering earthquake …

Higher Than Usual Number of Items Could be Added at California Surplus Export List Hearing

Getting items on California’s surplus lines export list is no easy task. Just ask Ben McKay, executive director of the Surplus Line Association of California. McKay can recall only a few coverages that have been added in the last 10 …

California Export List Hearing for Surplus Lines Slated for November

Parametric earthquake coverage and terrorism coverage are among the potential items on the 2019 Export List hearing being held next month by the California Department of Insurance. Adding a risk or coverage to the export list requires evidence there isn’t …