Yokahu and Cincinnati Announce First Delegated Authority Binder on cat-risk.com: Unlocking Instant Parametric Capacity for Brokers
8 May 2025 – London, UK – Yokahu, a leading innovator in parametric insurance, today announced that Cincinnati Global Underwriting (CGU) has entered into a delegated authority agreement with Yokahu, marking the first full binder on cat-risk.com, the independent...
New flood insurance coverage options available to New Orleans businesses, instantly quoted through Yokahu and powered by Floodbase
The new flood coverages, backed by an “A+” AM Best rated carrier, dramatically expand limited commercial insurance options in New Orleans, covering any type of economic loss April 24, 2025, New York, NY & London, UK - Today Floodbase, the world-leading platform...
Yokahu launches cat-risk.com: The First Independent Parametric Exchange to Transform Disaster Risk Finance
18th March 2025 – London, UK – Yokahu, a leading innovator in parametric insurance, today announced the launch of cat-risk.com, the first independent, many-to-many parametric exchange for the London re/insurance market. cat-risk.com seamlessly connects brokers,...
Using insurance as a social good, the Yokahu way
In a recent Leadership in Insurance Podcast, Tim McCosh, Founder and CEO of Yokahu, discussed the power of parametric insurance and how Yokahu is hoping to shape its future in the industry Climate change is a dominating factor in all aspects of our lives, and as Tim...
Fintech and Insurtech Collaboration Launched to Provide Immediate Relief to Climate Vulnerable Communities and Businesses Following Extreme Weather Events
Yokahu, Vitesse and FloodFlash to work together to cut insurance pay-out times from months to minutes, helping prevent small business failure following extreme weather events London, 30th November 2022: Climate risk insurance platform Yokahu, alongside flood...
Lloyd’s Lab Selects Yokahu Parametric Loan Default Protection Product for Cohort 9
Pioneering Yokahu product is among 9 successful insurtechs and innovators selected for leading global insurtech accelerator, Lloyd’s Lab London, 13th September, 2022: Yokahu, the insurtech using parametric underwriting and data visualisation to protect...
Yokahu accepted to first UK Amazon Web Services Fintech Accelerator
Expansive and ambitious insurtech Yokahu selected among 50 UK startups for six-week AWS Fintech Accelerator programme London, 5th September, 2022: Yokahu, the pioneering insurtech using parametric underwriting and data visualisation to protect...
COP27: Actions speak louder than words
Tim McCosh, CEO of Yokahu, calls on governments to issue a legal mandate to the re/insurance sector to produce the innovation required for faster, more impactful action on the ground for improving resilience to climate change where it is most needed All the policy...
Yokahu Launches With Four Caribbean Brokers
First partners for parametric insurtech offering its unique Hurricane Insurance Emergency Expenses product London, 23rd May 2022: Yokahu, an insurtech using parametric underwriting and data visualisation to provide Hurricane/Tropical Cyclone protection, announces...
Managing Caribbean risk
Tim McCosh, Founder and CEO, Yokahu talks to Emerging Risks about providing parametric cover for the Caribbean, and how climate change is affecting the risk profile.Can you tell us a little about Yokahu - when it was it founded and what does it do? We were founded in...