Market Insights

State of the Market Report: A Focus on the 2026 Energy Marketplace

The energy insurance market is seeing a varied landscape, with property rates softening while casualty pricing moves closer to flat amid capacity constraints. As investments in renewables, battery storage, data centers and other energy infrastructure grow, insurers are placing greater emphasis on risk quality, engineering data and cyber exposures.

Insuring the Data Center Boom

The rapid growth of data centers is creating one of the largest and most complex insurance challenges across the construction, property and casualty markets. As financing structures evolve and risks related to power, construction timelines, phased handovers and AI hardware costs increase, data center projects require specialized insurance solutions that bridge both construction and operational exposures.

Congestion, Co-Location and Aging Assets Challenge the Renewable Energy Marketplace

As renewable energy infrastructure becomes more concentrated, there has been an increase in construction activity around operational assets. Learn more about the interdependencies between contingent business interruption and physical damage before construction begins.

Jet Set, Risk Ready: Notes on eSAF Insurability

eSAF is a synthetic aviation fuel, meaning the chemical building blocks are assembled by humans. eSAF is almost chemically identical to conventional aviation fuel, meaning it can be “dropped-in” to existing systems and hardware as a like-for-like replacement.

Top Infrastructure & Renewable Insurance Trends for 2026: What to Expect

As renewable markets evolve beyond subsidy-driven growth and into infrastructure-critical territory, the ability to pair specialist insight with adaptable risk-transfer structures will define the winners in the next 12 months.

Wildfire Mitigation in the Utility Industry: Technology, Investment and the Shift to Resilience

The January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires have forced insurance carriers to fundamentally reassess exposure management strategies in high-risk regions, creating growing challenges for utilities seeking affordable and sustainable wildfire coverage.

State of the Market Report: A Focus on the Energy Marketplace

After two years of turmoil, the energy insurance market enters 2026 with a mix of renewed competition and selective underwriting discipline.

Bridging the Gap in Supply Chain Insurance: How Contingent Cargo and Delay in Start-Up Cover Protect Project Revenues

Rob Bates explores how the right insurance structure can prevent shipping setbacks from becoming revenue losses.

A Soft Renewables Market for Five Years?

As 2025 reaches its final quarter, Peter Draper looks at pricing and key trends in the Lloyd’s insurance markets.

Demystifying Insurance for a $7 Trillion Opportunity: Data Centers

Read about how insuring the world’s fastest-growing infrastructure class — AI data centers — is testing traditional underwriting models.

Beyond the Blaze: Why Casualty Risk in Clean Energy Is Entering a New Phase

As the renewable energy market matures, so too does its risk profile. Casualty exposures, once an afterthought to property or construction cover, are emerging as a defining concern for developers, underwriters and investors alike – particularly in the U.S.

When is (covered) defective workmanship not (excluded) ‘defective workmanship’?

Learn more about the difference between a defect and damage.

Latin America and the Caribbean: The Need for Creative Risk Transfer

Arjun Sharma looks at how wholesale brokers can guide retailers and insureds to secure competitive premiums while managing the challenges of natural catastrophe risks.

Flood Risk: The Essential Strategies for Protecting Your Projects

Arjun Sharma highlights the critical importance of understanding and managing flood risks in renewable energy projects.

State of the Market - 2025 Outlook

While some segments are seeing softening, others face the hardest market conditions in decades. In this State of the Market report, Amwins specialists share market intelligence spanning rate, capacity, and coverage trends across lines of business and industries.

State of the Market Report: A Focus on the Energy Sector

The energy insurance market has undergone notable changes, with increasing stabilization in the downstream sector offering more favorable conditions for insureds. Renewals have started to reflect lower rates, despite ongoing challenges from natural catastrophes and rising claims. This shift is influenced by improved capacity and profitability among carriers, alongside strategic partnerships in navigating complex risks.

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): How the Insurance Market is Responding

Provided that developers can reassure underwriters and brokers that core standards are met, and safety mitigations are put in place, there should be no fundamental reason why underwriting capital should stand back from CCS and consider it a riskier asset class than O&G production.

Natural Catastrophe Risk in Renewable Energy Products: Guidance for Insureds

Learn why securing adequate insurance coverage for severe convective storms (SCS) is a new risk for finance directors and asset managers.

Carbon Sequestration 101: Understanding the Risks and Finding Insurance Solutions

One way that companies are doing their part to battle climate change is investing in carbon sequestration. However, this process poses the potential for new exposures. This article explores the rise in popularity of the practice, associated risks, and how retailers can help safeguard their clients from potential claims.

Navigating the Future of Battery Energy Storage Systems: Challenges and Insights

The BESS sector is experiencing a boom. However, there is a lack of comprehensive data on their operation, performance and failure rates which complicates risk assessment and premium calculation for insurers. Here we provide long-term strategies for managing BESS risk.

Repowering Renewable Energy Assets: Insurance Risks Asset Managers Need to Consider

Onshore wind repowering is undoubtedly set for a new surge in the coming years. But project owners will still need to assess wind farms individually and build the business case for each.

Reducing Insurance Costs for Renewable Energy Portfolios: The Role of Clean Investment Trusts

While insurers might not be the first port of call when deciding on a cash management strategy for renewable energy portfolios, working with an insurance broker can set out a number of different pathways to enhancing the balance of risk and cost.

State of the Market 2024 Outlook

While some segments are seeing softening, others face the hardest market conditions in decades. In this State of the Market report, Amwins specialists share market intelligence spanning rate, capacity, and coverage trends across lines of business and industries.

State of the Market: A Focus on the Energy Market

In this special report we look at how the energy sector is doing overall. Record losses continue to adversely impact the downstream market, while mid-stream rates are being affected by social inflation and a rise in claims. Upstream markets need to prepare for increased underwriting scrutiny.

State of the Market - Q1 2023

While some segments are seeing softening, others face the hardest market conditions in decades. In this State of the Market report, Amwins specialists share market intelligence spanning rate, capacity, and coverage trends across lines of business and industries.

Tips to Reduce Risk of Worker Injuries in Renewable Energy

As the renewable energy sector continues to grow, new career opportunities evolve with a wide range of good paying but potentially hazardous jobs. In this article, we look at specific sectors of the industry that are more prone to common risk factors, and prevention efforts your clients can take to better mitigate risks.

Renewable Energy Initiatives Expose New Insurance Risks

While industry experts agree that the energy transition is required for the future health and sustainability of the planet, they also acknowledge that such change is not without risk and there are still a lot of unknowns about how the insurance industry might respond. Retail agents and brokers are wise to stay up to date on the latest developments so they can manage clients’ expectations as the situation evolves.

Top 3 Trends Affecting Cyber Risk and Insurance in the Energy and Oil & Gas Sector

The energy sector’s technological shift to remote control and network access as well as society’s focus on environmental consciousness has exponentially increased oil and gas company’s exposure to cyber-attacks. This article highlights the top three cyber trends affecting the energy sector, helping identify current risks and market conditions so you can determine the best coverage solution for your client.