CCRIF enters the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season stronger than ever. For the 2026/27 policy year, total coverage in force has risen to US$1.8 billion, up from US$1.44 billion the previous policy year. Membership has grown from 35 to 39 members.

CCRIF SPC appointed Mrs. Saundra Bailey as Chair of its Board of Directors, effective 1 June 2026 - placing at the helm someone whose association with the organization reaches all the way back to its founding. She succeeds Mr. Timothy N. J. Antoine, who served with distinction for nearly eight years, and is joined by newly appointed Deputy Chair Dr. Michael Gayle.

CCRIF CEO Isaac Anthony in Quotes - From Washington DC to London to Bonn to Haiti to Barbados

Across London, Bonn, Washington D.C., Haiti and elsewhere, CCRIF CEO Isaac Anthony delivered some of the most compelling and consequential messages in global climate‑finance dialogue. His interventions were sharp, evidence‑driven, and anchored in the lived realities of Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

Behind every CCRIF payout delivered within 14 days sits a rigorously maintained set of catastrophe risk models and a disciplined approach to risk. Ensuring the integrity of these models, and the solvency that lets CCRIF keep its promise event after event, rests in the work of CCRIF's Chief Risk Management Officer, Mr. Marco Ahedo.

More than US$483 million in insurance payouts has reopened roads, rebuilt schools and water systems, restored power, replanted farms and put cash in the hands of vulnerable families, each payout delivered within 14 days. This is what fast, rules-based financial protection looks like on the ground.

CCRIF's Small Grants Programme continues to grow as one of the region's most impactful community‑level resilience initiatives. Since its launch in 2015, the Programme has invested more than US$4 million in 76 projects led by NGOs, CBOs, schools, faith‑based organizations, and civil society groups across the Caribbean.

CCRIF closed the quarter having graduated another 61 students across its two flagship education programmes with The University of the West Indies - the postgraduate CCRIF-UWI course and the youth summer course, both in disaster risk financing.

Jamaica's national rollout of the Livelihood Protection Policy (LPP) continues to gain remarkable traction, driven by strong community interest, multisector partnerships, and sustained outreach across rural and coastal communities. Between March and June, CCRIF's Team members and partners such as Guardian General Insurance (Jamaica) Limited have worked island‑wide to ensure that Jamaicans understand and can access this fast‑paying parametric microinsurance product designed to protect livelihoods after heavy rainfall or strong winds.

CCRIF paid tribute to its outgoing chairman, Timothy N.J. Antoine, who demitted office in May. To honour Mr. Antoine's chairmanship, CCRIF published "A Legacy of Resilience: CCRIF Through the Chairmanship of Timothy N. J. Antoine." This commemorative publication traces the milestones, and strategic evolution of CCRIF across his eight years as Chairman.

CCRIF produced 2 publications on COAST for fisheries: a Q&A brochure for governments and other stakeholders and a brochure for fisherfolk. They are guides on how COAST works, how payouts are triggered, what governments and fisherfolk need to know and how they can contribute to bringing the benefits to communities.

CCRIF introduced multi-layered policies for the first time for 2026/27. Technical Brief #1 2026, Multi-Layered Policies: How They Work and How They Support CCRIF Members' Disaster Risk Financing Strategies, explains these new multi-layered policies and how they compare with the traditional policies.

We updated our children's book, Hazards, Disasters and Climate Change! It now includes current information about CCRIF and CCRIF payouts to Jamaica after Melissa in 2025. Written especially for kids 8-12 years old, it is an engaging book about hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes, volcanoes - and what we should do to prepare for these hazards.