This video features the third panel session of the day at our Artemis London 2024 conference, which was held on September 3rd.

It was our third in-person conference in London focused on catastrophe bonds, insurance-linked securities (ILS), alternative capital and reinsurance-linked investment trends.

The third panel of the day was titled "ILS analytics and operational excellence in the era of exponential risk."

This session began with a keynote presentation to introduce the topic delivered by Michael Steel, General Manager, Moody's Insurance Solutions.

The session then moved into a panel discussion, which Steel moderated and involved the following panellists:

Richard Pennay, CEO, Insurance Linked Securities, Aon Securities; Paul Wilson, Head of Catastrophe and Climate Research, Securis Investment Partners LLP; Richard Gray, Head of Third Party Capital, Beazley; and Hilary Paul, Partner / Portfolio Manager, LGT ILS Partners Ltd.

The group discussed the importance of robust analytics in the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market, touching on a range of perils and issues such as climate risk.

Also discussed were operational issues within the ILS community, as well as what ILS manager operational excellence could look like.

Watch the full video to hear our industry experts speaking about the evolution of analytics and models in the insurance-linked securities marketplace, as well as their thoughts on the topic of what operational excellence looks like.