Descartes Underwriting, founded in 2018, has scaled quickly to provide parametric insurance against climate risks to corporate clients around the world.

Co-founder & Head of Underwriting Sébastien Piguet joins Matthew on Podcast 165 to discuss trends in parametric insurance and Descartes' experiences with its clients.

Talking points include:

Why some corporates are replacing indemnity policies with parametric
Educating brokers and risk managers about parametric
Insuring solar and wind farms
Data sources for natural perils
The potential for parametric cyber insurance

Descartes Underwriting was featured in our report Parametric Insurance - 2021 outlook and the companies to watch, which is available to download for free to InsTech London members.

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Understand the value of parametric insurance
Explore the role parametric insurance can play in climate change mitigation
Compare some of the data sources for parametric insurance

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Sébastien Piguet: Co-founder & Head of Underwriting, Descartes Underwriting: Going global - delivering parametric insurance at scale (165)

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Sébastien Piguet: Co-founder & Head of Underwriting, Descartes Underwriting: Going global - delivering parametric insurance at scale (165)