<div>Rowan Douglas, Head of the Climate and Resilience Hub at Willis Towers Watson joined us as part of our ILS NYC 2021 virtual conference, providing an update on his important work at the intersection of climate science, capital, policy and risk. 
 
Rowan explained the importance of access to deep capital in financing for protection against climate risk and increasing climate resilience.  
 
Having spoken at our first ever ILS NYC conference five years ago, Rowan highlighted the need for industry engagement on climate matters.  
 
He gave us his updated thoughts on the important role of the capital markets in financing support for the closure of climate protection gaps.  
 
Alongside insurance and reinsurance, Rowan sees an important place that the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market can participate in helping the world become more resilient to climate risks. 
 
The conversation also discussed the important topic of credit and how embedding climate into broader global financial credit decisions could be a tipping point for the need for climate risk transfer capital.</div>

Rowan Douglas, Head of the Climate and Resilience Hub at Willis Towers Watson joined us as part of our ILS NYC 2021 virtual conference, providing an update on his important work at the intersection of climate science, capital, policy and risk. Rowan explained the importance of access to deep capital in financing for protection against climate risk and increasing climate resilience. Having spoken at our first ever ILS NYC conference five years ago, Rowan highlighted the need for industry engagement on climate matters. He gave us his updated thoughts on the important role of the capital markets in financing support for the closure of climate protection gaps. Alongside insurance and reinsurance, Rowan sees an important place that the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market can participate in helping the world become more resilient to climate risks. The conversation also discussed the important topic of credit and how embedding climate into broader global financial credit decisions could be a tipping point for the need for climate risk transfer capital.

Rowan Douglas, Head of the Climate and Resilience Hub at Willis Towers Watson joined us as part of our ILS NYC 2021 virtual conference, providing an update on his important work at the intersection of climate science, capital, policy and risk. 
 
Rowan explained the importance of access to deep capital in financing for protection against climate risk and increasing climate resilience.&nbsp; 
 
Having spoken at our first ever ILS NYC conference five years ago, Rowan highlighted the need for industry engagement on climate matters.&nbsp; 
 
He gave us his updated thoughts on the important role of the capital markets in financing support for the closure of climate protection gaps.&nbsp; 
 
Alongside insurance and reinsurance, Rowan sees an important place that the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market can participate in helping the world become more resilient to climate risks. 
 
The conversation also discussed the important topic of credit and how embedding climate into broader global financial credit decisions could be a tipping point for the need for climate risk transfer capital.

50: The ILS role in closing climate protection gaps - Rowan Douglas, Willis Towers Watson - ILS NYC 2021

<div>Artemis Live - Discussions with leaders in the catastrophe bond (cat bond), insurance-linked securities (ILS), reinsurance, insurance risk transfer and investments space, as well as updates on the cat bond and ILS industry, explainers and how-to's. 
 
 
<a href="http://Artemis.bm">Artemis.bm</a> was formally launched in early 1999. Its founders held a belief that the capital markets was the deepest, most liquid and efficient source of risk and reinsurance capital available to facilitate the transfer of disaster and other exposures to investors, and that capital market structures such as cat bonds would be the most effective tools for the structuring and transfer of peak catastrophe risks. 
 
 
Today, Artemis is the longest running news, analysis and data media service devoted to the alternative risk transfer, catastrophe bond &amp; insurance linked security (ILS), non-traditional reinsurance, insurance linked investments and associated risk transfer markets, with more than 60,000 readers every single month. 
 
 
With a wealth of news, cat bond data, analysis and market information, <a href="http://Artemis.bm">Artemis.bm</a> is the best place to source information related to cat bonds, insurance linked securities and collateralised reinsurance capacity and investing. 
 
 

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Artemis Live - Discussions with leaders in the catastrophe bond (cat bond), insurance-linked securities (ILS), reinsurance, insurance risk transfer and investments space, as well as updates on the cat bond and ILS industry, explainers and how-to's. Artemis.bm was formally launched in early 1999. Its founders held a belief that the capital markets was the deepest, most liquid and efficient source of risk and reinsurance capital available to facilitate the transfer of disaster and other exposures to investors, and that capital market structures such as cat bonds would be the most effective tools for the structuring and transfer of peak catastrophe risks. Today, Artemis is the longest running news, analysis and data media service devoted to the alternative risk transfer, catastrophe bond & insurance linked security (ILS), non-traditional reinsurance, insurance linked investments and associated risk transfer markets, with more than 60,000 readers every single month. With a wealth of news, cat bond data, analysis and market information, Artemis.bm is the best place to source information related to cat bonds, insurance linked securities and collateralised reinsurance capacity and investing.

Artemis Live - Discussions with leaders in the catastrophe bond (cat bond), insurance-linked securities (ILS), reinsurance, insurance risk transfer and investments space, as well as updates on the cat bond and ILS industry, explainers and how-to's. 
 
 
<a href="http://Artemis.bm" rel="noopener noreferrer">Artemis.bm</a> was formally launched in early 1999. Its founders held a belief that the capital markets was the deepest, most liquid and efficient source of risk and reinsurance capital available to facilitate the transfer of disaster and other exposures to investors, and that capital market structures such as cat bonds would be the most effective tools for the structuring and transfer of peak catastrophe risks. 
 
 
Today, Artemis is the longest running news, analysis and data media service devoted to the alternative risk transfer, catastrophe bond &amp; insurance linked security (ILS), non-traditional reinsurance, insurance linked investments and associated risk transfer markets, with more than 60,000 readers every single month. 
 
 
With a wealth of news, cat bond data, analysis and market information, <a href="http://Artemis.bm" rel="noopener noreferrer">Artemis.bm</a> is the best place to source information related to cat bonds, insurance linked securities and collateralised reinsurance capacity and investing.

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