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:
Name: Ben Qin
Position: Head of North Asia & Australia
Mobile: 0420983826
Email: ben.qin@descartesunderwriting.com
Name: Lynn Roehrig
Position: Head of Business Development, Australia & New Zealand
Mobile: 0448 609 159
Email: lynn.roehrig@descartesunderwriting.com