Descartes Underwriting

Website: www.descartesunderwriting.com
ABN: 33 651 041 842
AFSL Number: 537442
Address: Level 17, International Towers – Sydney Tower 3, 300 Barangaroo Avenue, Barangaroo, NSW  2000
Postal Address: As above

Descartes Underwriting is a specialist agency and service provider based in Paris with ten hubs worldwide including Sydney. Founded in 2018 by a team of insurance veterans, Descartes was born out of the conviction that climate change calls for a revolutionary approach to insurance. We offer a full range of next-generation parametric insurance products to respond to natural hazards, extreme weather and climate change.

Leveraging from cutting-edge technologies such as Machine Learning, real-time monitoring from satellite imagery and IoT, to deliver products that help businesses bounce back faster against natural catastrophes and the emerging risks they increasingly face.

Our offerings are data-driven, frictionless, transparent and tailored to each client with capacity up to USD200 million per risk.

We address the full spectrum of all climate and emerging risks.

Our Products:
Natural catastrophes

• Earthquake
• Cyclone, hurricane, typhoon, tsunami
• Flood
• Stormsurge
• Bushfire
• Hail

Agriculture

• Cereals – yield, drought
• Wine and fruits – frost, hail, smoke
• Forage crops – production
• Forestry – bushfire, storm
• Aquaculture – storm, algae, salinity, oxygen, temperature

Energy

• Wind yield
• Hydro yield
• Solar yield
• Nat Cat – hail, cyclone, earthquake
• Conventional yield

NDBI (Non-Damage Business Interruption) and supply chain

• River level
• Construction interruption
• Supply chain and NDBI
• Sargassum
• And more, tailored to your business…

Contact:
Ben Qin
Head of North Asia & Australia
M: 0420983826
E: ben.qin@descartesunderwriting.com

Lynn Roehrig
Head of Business Development, Australia & New Zealand
M: 0448 609 159
E: lynn.roehrig@descartesunderwriting.com

Ronan Clifford
Business Development Associate
M: 0409 344 460
E: ronan.clifford@descartesunderwriting.com