UK urges Brazil to use its framework for ILS issuance
Posted On: Aug. 14, 2018 5:39 AM CSTThe U.K. government is encouraging Brazil to use its insurance-linked securities regulatory and tax framework to issue ILS and catastrophe bonds, Artemis.bm reports. Brazilian insurers and reinsurers could use the U.K. ILS framework to transfer their own risks while the government could utilize it for sovereign risk transfer. The United Kingdom and Brazil plan to explore several insurance products including ILS to diversify complex risks in the Brazilian economy, the governments said.