$1.5 trillion: That’s how much is spent annually on the industrial internet of things — but what exactly are those dollars delivering in the real world? Tune into this episode of the Cat® Power Podcast to hear how Caterpillar Oil & Gas is driving practical, usable everyday value from our digital services. David Shannon of the Digital Services team explains how these tools and technologies enable more uptime, higher efficiency, lower operating costs and even ESG (environmental, social and

We were recently joined by Christian Mumenthaler, Chief Executive Officer of one of the world's largest reinsurance company's Swiss Re, who discussed the state of the market, his outlook, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market and what his priorities are for 2022 in this interview. On reinsurance market pricing, Mumenthaler told us, "I’m really pleased that the industry overall has taken the right steps and we’re back into an acceptable area." But he warned of the need for rate adequacy to

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At our recent virtual ILS Asia 2021 conference we held a panel discussion focused on accessing new and diversifying sources of risk from the Asia region. Much of the ILS market is still focused on catastrophe risks, being the pre-dominant component of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market. But increasingly there is appetite among investors for more, while insurers and reinsurers are keen to access efficient risk capital for a much broader set of risks. And that holds true in Asia Pacific

At our recent insurance-linked securities (ILS) conference for the Asia region, Morton Lane, of consultancy Lane Financial LLC, gave a keynote speech that examined 20 years of cat bond market performance and asked whether investors got what they had expected from it. Morton Lane's keynote looked at whether the performance of catastrophe bonds was worth the risk assumed and concluded that indeed investors did achieve the returns you would have expected from the advertised risk metrics of the deals

Paul Schultz, CEO of Aon Securities, joined us for our recent ILS Asia 2021 conference and gave a keynote speech on ILS market developments across the Asia Pacific region. Schultz explained that while Singapore is now an active hub for catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS) and with Hong Kong primed to issue its first deal this year as well, regional sponsor participation can help to ensure their sustainability as ILS domiciles. For an ILS domicile to be successful, Schultz

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On the final day of our recent ILS Asia 2021 event the audience was treated to an insightful discussion on the Asian catastrophe bond and ILS market from Cory Anger of GC Securities. With Hong Kong now established as a regulated domicile for insurance-linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bonds, there could be several issuances out of the region by the end of 2021, according to Cory Anger. “Both the Chinese regulator and the Hong Kong Insurance Authority have been very supportive of sponsors,

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This session from our recent insurance-linked securities conference for the Asia region featured William Ho, CEO of MS Amlin Asia Pacific, who joined us to discuss the reinsurance market in the region and his firms use of ILS capital. Ho explained the Asia Pacific reinsurance landscape and the rate environment, identifying opportunities and initiatives underway to expand coverage to greater numbers. The capital markets have a key role to play here, as supportive reinsurance capacity to help Asia

As the global economy continues its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the worldwide shortage of computer chips continues to be a looming challenge for the automobile industry and other sectors. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger joins technology policy reporter Cat Zakrzewski to address the future of the semiconductor industry, the digital acceleration during the pandemic and how America can maintain its technological leadership.

At our recent ILS Asia event we convened three experienced pension fund investors, from PGGM, Future Fund of Australia and the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), who discussed key and timely issues of consideration related to their allocations to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) asset class. All of these pension investors have experience working with leading ILS investment managers and allocating across catastrophe bonds and a range of other reinsurance linked assets. Topics we

At our recent ILS Asia 2021 conference, Shevawn Barder, CEO of AM RE Syndicate gave an excellent keynote speech on opportunities for ILS funds and investors to partner with businesses like her own to access the returns of US specialty business. The keynote speech is then followed by a Q&A with Artemis editor Steve Evans, in which the subject was explored more deeply. Barder explained why the US specialty lines opportunity should be attractive to investors and also reinsurers from the Asia

Few people know more about gas engines than Al Hunt. His experience with Caterpillar dates back to his high school years, and as a Cat dealer tech, he worked with the G3600 from its first days — eventually commissioning more than 300 of them over the course of his career. Al retired in 2009 but continues to share his expertise with Caterpillar and oil and gas operations. Now he’s sharing his memories with us as part of our G3600 30th anniversary celebration.

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During our recent ILS Asia event we interviewed two experts from Securis Investment Partners about the importance of investor communications, especially in relation to Asian perils & climate risk. Yuko Hoshino, Co-head of Global Investor Relations and Paul Wilson, Head of Non-Life Analytics, both from Securis Investment Partners LLP, gave an overview of the Asian ILS investor base and explored the experience of investors in the region after some challenging loss years. The impact of Japanese

This episode of our podcast features an interview with Simon Lam, Executive Director, General Business at the Hong Kong Insurance Authority, who joined our latest event, ILS Asia 2021 to discuss Hong Kong's plans for its new insurance-linked securities platform. Hong Kong already has an established insurance and reinsurance market, while its legislative preparations for ILS were completed at the beginning of 2021. Since then the Insurance Authority has been building out its licensing and