Transforming Risk Transfer: Parametric 144A Cat Bonds in Captive Insurance and Market Innovations

In this podcast episode, Dr. Marcus Schmalbach, a specialist in parametric risk trading and CEO of RYSKEX, joins Joel Appelbaum of IRMI and Captive.com to explore the evolving landscape of the captive insurance industry, parametric risk trading, and the emergence of parametric 144A catastrophe (cat) bonds. 

Dr. Schmalbach sheds light on recent market innovations and their implications for the insurance and capital markets, including the key features and achievements of the Beazley and Lloyd's London Bridge 2 deal as well as the significance of Swiss Re's industry-loss-triggered cyber-catastrophe bond.