Risky Science Podcast

We speak with Dirk Schmelzer, Partner at Plenum Investments in Zurich. Dirk has spent more than 15 years managing catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities funds, and he brings a practitioner’s perspective on how catastrophe models are actually used in portfolio management and investment decisions.
We’ll explore how models have evolved, where they still fall short, and how issues like climate change and artificial intelligence are reshaping the conversation.

Creators and Guests

Host
Christopher Westfall
Editor, Owner Risk Market News
Guest
Dirk Schmelzer
Dirk Schmelzer joined Plenum Investments in 2010 as senior portfolio manager for insurance-linked securities (ILS). He graduated from Braunschweig Technical University in 2000 as an industrial engineer and is certified as a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and Hedge Fund Advisor (EBS/BAI).

What is Risky Science Podcast?

The Risky Science Podcast features conversations with scientists, insurers, investors, portfolio managers, and others about the evolving science of predicting and modeling risk across both natural and man-made perils.