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