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Former White House cyber official proposes catastrophe bonds for critical infrastructure operators—treating "data spills like oil spills"—as hearing reveals Chinese components dominate 93% of transportation sensors at U.S. airports and toll systems. www.riskmarketnews.com/former-white...
Former White House Cyber Official Proposes Catastrophe Bonds to Address China Infrastructure Threats
A former NSC cyber told lawmakers that critical infrastructure operators should be required to purchase catastrophic insurance coverage as Chinese-manufactured components dominate 93% of global transp...
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January 26, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Former White House cyber official proposes catastrophe bonds for critical infrastructure operators—treating "data spills like oil spills"—as hearing reveals Chinese components dominate 93% of transportation sensors at U.S. airports and toll systems. www.riskmarketnews.com/former-white...
Sunday Risk Signals is live.
This week:
Storms vs. rail + supply chain
Prediction markets meet insurance
Copper flood fallout
Cat volatility + reinsurance attachment math
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This week:
Storms vs. rail + supply chain
Prediction markets meet insurance
Copper flood fallout
Cat volatility + reinsurance attachment math
www.riskmarketnews.com/risk-market-...
Risk Market Signals, Jan. 25 2026
This week: storms vs. rail, prediction markets meet insurance, copper’s flood shock, and the new math of catastrophe volatility.
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January 25, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Sunday Risk Signals is live.
This week:
Storms vs. rail + supply chain
Prediction markets meet insurance
Copper flood fallout
Cat volatility + reinsurance attachment math
www.riskmarketnews.com/risk-market-...
This week:
Storms vs. rail + supply chain
Prediction markets meet insurance
Copper flood fallout
Cat volatility + reinsurance attachment math
www.riskmarketnews.com/risk-market-...
Colorado lawmakers are pushing back on a $300K Colorado DOI plan to model how the mountain pine beetle outbreak could change wildfire risk scores and hit homeowners insurance affordability.
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#insurance #wildfire #catmodeling #reinsurance #risk
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#insurance #wildfire #catmodeling #reinsurance #risk
Colorado Debating Pine Beetle/Wildfire Modeling Project to Battle “Decade-Scale” Insurance Risk
Staff for Colorado lawmakers are pushing back on a $300,000 Colorado Division of Insurance request to model how the state’s expanding mountain pine beetle outbreak could worsen wildfire risk scores an...
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January 22, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Colorado lawmakers are pushing back on a $300K Colorado DOI plan to model how the mountain pine beetle outbreak could change wildfire risk scores and hit homeowners insurance affordability.
www.riskmarketnews.com/colorado-deb...
#insurance #wildfire #catmodeling #reinsurance #risk
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#insurance #wildfire #catmodeling #reinsurance #risk
Aon flags a quake modeling “blind spot”: long-distance seismic waves that cause moderate but sustained shaking and can still drive meaningful insured loss far from the fault.
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Aon Calls Out “Blind Spot” Hampering Quake Models
Aon warns that earthquake catastrophe models still underestimate the loss potential from long-distance seismic waves.
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January 20, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Aon flags a quake modeling “blind spot”: long-distance seismic waves that cause moderate but sustained shaking and can still drive meaningful insured loss far from the fault.
www.riskmarketnews.com/aon-calls-ou...
www.riskmarketnews.com/aon-calls-ou...
NOAA’s weather satellite data pipeline is being framed as “warfighting” infrastructure in Congress, officials warned disruptions could immediately degrade military ops.
It is also the observation layer behind cat models insurance pricing confidence.
www.riskmarketnews.com/future-of-us...
It is also the observation layer behind cat models insurance pricing confidence.
www.riskmarketnews.com/future-of-us...
Future of U.S. Weather Satellite Systems Now Hinges on “Warfighting”
Pentagon and NOAA officials warned lawmakers that proposed cuts to U.S. weather satellite programs could quickly degrade warfighting readiness.
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January 20, 2026 at 1:07 PM
NOAA’s weather satellite data pipeline is being framed as “warfighting” infrastructure in Congress, officials warned disruptions could immediately degrade military ops.
It is also the observation layer behind cat models insurance pricing confidence.
www.riskmarketnews.com/future-of-us...
It is also the observation layer behind cat models insurance pricing confidence.
www.riskmarketnews.com/future-of-us...
A stranded Venezuelan oil cargo became a test case for modern war-risk insurance—forcing courts to weigh regime legitimacy, political violence, and who pays when sovereign order breaks down.
Here’s why CITGO v. Ascot matters for insurers and markets 👇
www.riskmarketnews.com/how-venezuel...
Here’s why CITGO v. Ascot matters for insurers and markets 👇
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How Venezuela’s Political Fate Played Out In an Insurance, Oil Industry Legal Battle
A Lloyd’s-backed insurance lawsuit over Venezuelan crude reveals how modern sovereign risk is increasingly migrating onto insurers’ and investors’ balance sheets.
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January 7, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A stranded Venezuelan oil cargo became a test case for modern war-risk insurance—forcing courts to weigh regime legitimacy, political violence, and who pays when sovereign order breaks down.
Here’s why CITGO v. Ascot matters for insurers and markets 👇
www.riskmarketnews.com/how-venezuel...
Here’s why CITGO v. Ascot matters for insurers and markets 👇
www.riskmarketnews.com/how-venezuel...
California has begun enforcing its landmark AI safety law.
Under SB 53, developers of frontier AI models must disclose how they manage “catastrophic risks,” from mass harm to loss of human control.
www.riskmarketnews.com/california-l...
Under SB 53, developers of frontier AI models must disclose how they manage “catastrophic risks,” from mass harm to loss of human control.
www.riskmarketnews.com/california-l...
California Launches First-of-Its-Kind AI Catastrophic Risk Disclosure Regime
California has begun enforcing its landmark AI safety law, requiring developers of the most powerful models to publicly disclose how they identify and manage catastrophic risks ranging from mass harm ...
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January 6, 2026 at 5:28 PM
California has begun enforcing its landmark AI safety law.
Under SB 53, developers of frontier AI models must disclose how they manage “catastrophic risks,” from mass harm to loss of human control.
www.riskmarketnews.com/california-l...
Under SB 53, developers of frontier AI models must disclose how they manage “catastrophic risks,” from mass harm to loss of human control.
www.riskmarketnews.com/california-l...
New regulatory research finds that model disagreement -- not just higher losses—raises homeowners premiums.
In Florida, more dispersion across hurricane models = higher prices, even after controls.
Less uncertainty could cut premiums $50–$90/year.
www.riskmarketnews.com/research-arg...
In Florida, more dispersion across hurricane models = higher prices, even after controls.
Less uncertainty could cut premiums $50–$90/year.
www.riskmarketnews.com/research-arg...
Research Argues More Hurricane Models Means Higher Premiums
Disagreement among approved hurricane models, not higher expected losses alone, is pushing Florida homeowners insurance premiums higher, according to new regulator research.
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January 5, 2026 at 6:21 PM
New regulatory research finds that model disagreement -- not just higher losses—raises homeowners premiums.
In Florida, more dispersion across hurricane models = higher prices, even after controls.
Less uncertainty could cut premiums $50–$90/year.
www.riskmarketnews.com/research-arg...
In Florida, more dispersion across hurricane models = higher prices, even after controls.
Less uncertainty could cut premiums $50–$90/year.
www.riskmarketnews.com/research-arg...
Wildfire losses are outpacing current risk-management systems.
A new RAND report urges a national public-private technology effort to move wildfire detection and mitigation tools from pilot to scale—and break the system’s suppression bias.
www.riskmarketnews.com/report-urges...
A new RAND report urges a national public-private technology effort to move wildfire detection and mitigation tools from pilot to scale—and break the system’s suppression bias.
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Report Urges National Technology Effort as Wildfire Risk Outpaces Current Systems
A new report warns that wildfire losses are outpacing current risk-management systems, urging a coordinated national effort to move technologies from pilot to scale.
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January 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Wildfire losses are outpacing current risk-management systems.
A new RAND report urges a national public-private technology effort to move wildfire detection and mitigation tools from pilot to scale—and break the system’s suppression bias.
www.riskmarketnews.com/report-urges...
A new RAND report urges a national public-private technology effort to move wildfire detection and mitigation tools from pilot to scale—and break the system’s suppression bias.
www.riskmarketnews.com/report-urges...
Florida’s push to shrink Citizens Property Insurance Corporation is entering a new phase. A proposal would use clearinghouses + “higher-of-two” pricing to force risk back into the private market.
www.riskmarketnews.com/new-legislat...
www.riskmarketnews.com/new-legislat...
New Legislation Seeks to Force More Florida Residential and Commercial Policies Out of Citizens
The Trump-aligned lawmaker’s proposal would accelerate Florida’s ongoing push to shift insurance risk into the private market.
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January 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Florida’s push to shrink Citizens Property Insurance Corporation is entering a new phase. A proposal would use clearinghouses + “higher-of-two” pricing to force risk back into the private market.
www.riskmarketnews.com/new-legislat...
www.riskmarketnews.com/new-legislat...
On this week’s Risky Science Podcast, Dr. Phillip Mulder of the University of Wisconsin breaks down the rising pressures inside the U.S. homeowners insurance system and what the research defines as “reinsurance shock.”
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December 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
On this week’s Risky Science Podcast, Dr. Phillip Mulder of the University of Wisconsin breaks down the rising pressures inside the U.S. homeowners insurance system and what the research defines as “reinsurance shock.”
pod.link/1825669405/e...
pod.link/1825669405/e...
📅 Register today: On January 8, 2026 @ 1 p.m. EST, join the Risky Science Podcast Live “Cyber Risk in 2026: Modeling, Market Dynamics & Systemic Stress”, hosted by Risk Market News. The session featuring Morgan Hervé‑Mignucci (Head of Risk Modeling at Coalition)
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December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
📅 Register today: On January 8, 2026 @ 1 p.m. EST, join the Risky Science Podcast Live “Cyber Risk in 2026: Modeling, Market Dynamics & Systemic Stress”, hosted by Risk Market News. The session featuring Morgan Hervé‑Mignucci (Head of Risk Modeling at Coalition)
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California cut its wildfire aid request, but says post-fire landslides will threaten LA for 5 years.
Funding for hazard mapping + early warnings.
📊 Full article: www.riskmarketnews.com/california-w...
Funding for hazard mapping + early warnings.
📊 Full article: www.riskmarketnews.com/california-w...
California Warns Landslide Modeling Still Urgently Needed
California says even as its wildfire aid request shrinks, federal funding for landslide hazard mapping and modeling remains critical to preventing further losses across Los Angeles County.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
California cut its wildfire aid request, but says post-fire landslides will threaten LA for 5 years.
Funding for hazard mapping + early warnings.
📊 Full article: www.riskmarketnews.com/california-w...
Funding for hazard mapping + early warnings.
📊 Full article: www.riskmarketnews.com/california-w...
Swiss Re: balance sheet cleaned, now the risk services button is pushed.
“Built to lead” now means selling knowledge, not capacity.
New RMN analysis 👇
www.riskmarketnews.com/swiss-re-wan...
#insurance #reinsurance
“Built to lead” now means selling knowledge, not capacity.
New RMN analysis 👇
www.riskmarketnews.com/swiss-re-wan...
#insurance #reinsurance
Swiss Re Wants to Turn Risk Capital Lemons Into Risk Services Lemonade
One of the world’s largest risk-capacity providers wants to pivot toward risk-intelligence services. But investors still have questions.
www.riskmarketnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Swiss Re: balance sheet cleaned, now the risk services button is pushed.
“Built to lead” now means selling knowledge, not capacity.
New RMN analysis 👇
www.riskmarketnews.com/swiss-re-wan...
#insurance #reinsurance
“Built to lead” now means selling knowledge, not capacity.
New RMN analysis 👇
www.riskmarketnews.com/swiss-re-wan...
#insurance #reinsurance
New Year, new moves: The Risky Science Podcast will start monthly live podcast discussions, opening up for audience questions on risk, markets and models.
First up is a big, juicy top: measuring, modeling and pricing cyber risk.
Register today tinyurl.com/mt8hs773
First up is a big, juicy top: measuring, modeling and pricing cyber risk.
Register today tinyurl.com/mt8hs773
December 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
New Year, new moves: The Risky Science Podcast will start monthly live podcast discussions, opening up for audience questions on risk, markets and models.
First up is a big, juicy top: measuring, modeling and pricing cyber risk.
Register today tinyurl.com/mt8hs773
First up is a big, juicy top: measuring, modeling and pricing cyber risk.
Register today tinyurl.com/mt8hs773
A coalition—including Public Citizen, NRDC, Ceres & AFR—is urging Hawaii’ insurance regulator to open insurance data + public modeling and coordinate with researchers + other states.
www.riskmarketnews.com/climate-grou...
#insurance #riskmodeling #climaterisk #Hawaii
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#insurance #riskmodeling #climaterisk #Hawaii
Climate Groups Urge Hawaii to Release Public Insurance Data, Create Public Risk Model
Hawaii climate and consumer advocates are urging state regulators to open insurance data and public modeling access as part of a sweeping push to stabilize the state’s property insurance market.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A coalition—including Public Citizen, NRDC, Ceres & AFR—is urging Hawaii’ insurance regulator to open insurance data + public modeling and coordinate with researchers + other states.
www.riskmarketnews.com/climate-grou...
#insurance #riskmodeling #climaterisk #Hawaii
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#insurance #riskmodeling #climaterisk #Hawaii
2025 delivered one of the strangest Atlantic seasons on record: above-normal ACE, a total peak-season shutdown, and what CSU calls an “extremely benign” year for U.S. impacts.
Only one U.S. landfalling TS—despite 133 ACE.
www.riskmarketnews.com/2025-hurrica...
Only one U.S. landfalling TS—despite 133 ACE.
www.riskmarketnews.com/2025-hurrica...
2025 Hurricane Season Marked by Peak-Season Lull and “Extremely Benign” U.S. Impacts
A stronger-than-normal 2025 Atlantic season delivered an unprecedented peak-season shutdown and almost no U.S. losses.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
2025 delivered one of the strangest Atlantic seasons on record: above-normal ACE, a total peak-season shutdown, and what CSU calls an “extremely benign” year for U.S. impacts.
Only one U.S. landfalling TS—despite 133 ACE.
www.riskmarketnews.com/2025-hurrica...
Only one U.S. landfalling TS—despite 133 ACE.
www.riskmarketnews.com/2025-hurrica...
New Risky Science Podcast: Pandemics and the Limits of Securitization
Dr. Susan Erikson talks about modelers, finance structures, and ILS in her fieldwork research on pandemic catastrophe bonds that resulted in the book Investible!. pod.link/1825669405/e...
Dr. Susan Erikson talks about modelers, finance structures, and ILS in her fieldwork research on pandemic catastrophe bonds that resulted in the book Investible!. pod.link/1825669405/e...
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
New Risky Science Podcast: Pandemics and the Limits of Securitization
Dr. Susan Erikson talks about modelers, finance structures, and ILS in her fieldwork research on pandemic catastrophe bonds that resulted in the book Investible!. pod.link/1825669405/e...
Dr. Susan Erikson talks about modelers, finance structures, and ILS in her fieldwork research on pandemic catastrophe bonds that resulted in the book Investible!. pod.link/1825669405/e...
Zurich is betting big on Specialty + the global data-center construction boom.
Execs say Specialty is a “skills-based business” powered by 1,200 underwriters + Zurich’s growing data lake—and the company insured 250 data-center builds last year alone.
www.riskmarketnews.com/zurich-execs...
Execs say Specialty is a “skills-based business” powered by 1,200 underwriters + Zurich’s growing data lake—and the company insured 250 data-center builds last year alone.
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Zurich Execs Cast Specialty, Data-Center Construction as the 2026 Revenue Playbook
Zurich is reshaping its revenue playbook around specialty underwriting depth and a massive pipeline of data-center construction risks that it believes competitors can’t easily replicate.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Zurich is betting big on Specialty + the global data-center construction boom.
Execs say Specialty is a “skills-based business” powered by 1,200 underwriters + Zurich’s growing data lake—and the company insured 250 data-center builds last year alone.
www.riskmarketnews.com/zurich-execs...
Execs say Specialty is a “skills-based business” powered by 1,200 underwriters + Zurich’s growing data lake—and the company insured 250 data-center builds last year alone.
www.riskmarketnews.com/zurich-execs...
World Bank’s GRADE model puts Hurricane Melissa’s damage to Jamaica at $8.75B — a 41% GDP hit.
Infrastructure was “widely compromised”, losing 7.2% of total capital, while Jamaica’s strong DRF system will cover only a fraction of losses.
www.riskmarketnews.com/melissa-wipe...
Infrastructure was “widely compromised”, losing 7.2% of total capital, while Jamaica’s strong DRF system will cover only a fraction of losses.
www.riskmarketnews.com/melissa-wipe...
Melissa Wipes Out 7.2% of Jamaica’s Infrastructure, Finance Tools Cover Only a Fraction: World Bank
Jamaica faces a massive recovery after Hurricane Melissa wiped out 7.2 percent of its infrastructure capital, far exceeding the reach of its otherwise strong disaster-risk financing system.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:40 AM
World Bank’s GRADE model puts Hurricane Melissa’s damage to Jamaica at $8.75B — a 41% GDP hit.
Infrastructure was “widely compromised”, losing 7.2% of total capital, while Jamaica’s strong DRF system will cover only a fraction of losses.
www.riskmarketnews.com/melissa-wipe...
Infrastructure was “widely compromised”, losing 7.2% of total capital, while Jamaica’s strong DRF system will cover only a fraction of losses.
www.riskmarketnews.com/melissa-wipe...
A new report says cat models are now macro-prudential tools, not just risk pricing tech. But diverging PML standards and widening model gaps in emerging markets may deepen protection gaps and systemic risk.
www.riskmarketnews.com/catastrophe-...
www.riskmarketnews.com/catastrophe-...
Catastrophe Models Become Macro-Prudential Concern, Report Warns
Global insurance regulators warn that inconsistent modeled probable maximum loss (PML) standards and widening data gaps in emerging markets are turning catastrophe modeling into a macro-prudential con...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A new report says cat models are now macro-prudential tools, not just risk pricing tech. But diverging PML standards and widening model gaps in emerging markets may deepen protection gaps and systemic risk.
www.riskmarketnews.com/catastrophe-...
www.riskmarketnews.com/catastrophe-...
Canada Budget 2025: Government launching consultations with P&C insurers on earthquake risk stability. No funding yet, but signals potential shift in how catastrophic risk is managed at federal level.
www.riskmarketnews.com/new-canadian...
www.riskmarketnews.com/new-canadian...
New Canadian Budget Floats Earthquake Insurance Consultations With Private Market
Budget 2025 launches federal consultations on earthquake insurance sector stability with Canadian property and casualty insurers.
www.riskmarketnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Canada Budget 2025: Government launching consultations with P&C insurers on earthquake risk stability. No funding yet, but signals potential shift in how catastrophic risk is managed at federal level.
www.riskmarketnews.com/new-canadian...
www.riskmarketnews.com/new-canadian...
A new report issued ahead of COP 30 argues that while catastrophe models excel at mapping physical damage, governments miss cascading effects like supply chain disruptions, migration costs, systemic financial shocks.
www.riskmarketnews.com/physical-ris...
www.riskmarketnews.com/physical-ris...
Physical Risk Models Face Critical Gaps in Translating Climate Science to Fiscal Policy
As nations prepare for COP 30 in Brazil, finance ministers warn that despite sophisticated climate risk modeling, a critical gap remains between scientific projections and the fiscal planning tools ne...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A new report issued ahead of COP 30 argues that while catastrophe models excel at mapping physical damage, governments miss cascading effects like supply chain disruptions, migration costs, systemic financial shocks.
www.riskmarketnews.com/physical-ris...
www.riskmarketnews.com/physical-ris...
Zohran Mamdani’s plan to build 200K affordable homes meets a hard limit: NYC’s expanding floodplain.
The NY Fed finds 1M+ structures & 4M people already at high flood risk ,many in the same areas targeted for new housing.
www.riskmarketnews.com/zohran-mamda...
The NY Fed finds 1M+ structures & 4M people already at high flood risk ,many in the same areas targeted for new housing.
www.riskmarketnews.com/zohran-mamda...
Zohran Mamdani’s Housing Plan Will Face New York City’s Flood Risk Reality
New York’s push for 200,000 new affordable homes under Zohran Mamdani’s plan collides with data showing rapidly expanding flood risk now engulfing both coastal and inland neighborhoods.
www.riskmarketnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Zohran Mamdani’s plan to build 200K affordable homes meets a hard limit: NYC’s expanding floodplain.
The NY Fed finds 1M+ structures & 4M people already at high flood risk ,many in the same areas targeted for new housing.
www.riskmarketnews.com/zohran-mamda...
The NY Fed finds 1M+ structures & 4M people already at high flood risk ,many in the same areas targeted for new housing.
www.riskmarketnews.com/zohran-mamda...
“Liquidity is not resilience. It buys time, not transformation.” : Paula Jarzabkowski
💡 Risk Market Briefing: How Hurricane Melissa tests Jamaica’s capital access & the models that price risk ➡️ www.riskmarketnews.com/hurricane-me...
#CaribbeanRisk #Insurance #CapitalMarkets
💡 Risk Market Briefing: How Hurricane Melissa tests Jamaica’s capital access & the models that price risk ➡️ www.riskmarketnews.com/hurricane-me...
#CaribbeanRisk #Insurance #CapitalMarkets
Hurricane Melissa Will Test Jamaica’s Capital Access and the Models That Price It: Risk Market Briefing
How back-to-back hurricanes expose the limits of private market structures liquidity, modeling confidence, and resilience in small-island economies.
www.riskmarketnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“Liquidity is not resilience. It buys time, not transformation.” : Paula Jarzabkowski
💡 Risk Market Briefing: How Hurricane Melissa tests Jamaica’s capital access & the models that price risk ➡️ www.riskmarketnews.com/hurricane-me...
#CaribbeanRisk #Insurance #CapitalMarkets
💡 Risk Market Briefing: How Hurricane Melissa tests Jamaica’s capital access & the models that price risk ➡️ www.riskmarketnews.com/hurricane-me...
#CaribbeanRisk #Insurance #CapitalMarkets