Pricing

Published prices, so you can budget before the first call.

Prices in euros, excluding VAT, shown as a starting point. The final scope and price are fixed in writing before any work starts.

ServicePrice, excl. VAT
Trigger audit, or design and feasibility Fixed scope, about two weeks. Index, data sources, backtest, basis risk, written findings. from EUR 6,000
Paid scoping Two to three days to frame a new index before committing to a build. day rate
Onboarding: one index Index definition written for the wording, pipeline, backtest, methodology report. from EUR 10,000
Pipeline support and independent verification Your pipeline, your servers; I maintain it and check results against the contract. from EUR 8,000 / yr
Calculation agent I run the calculation and issue the event report the payout follows. Available about six weeks after signature. from EUR 12,000 / yr
Retainer Ongoing support, scoped by deliverables. from EUR 2,000 / month
Day rate Tenders, subcontracts, short missions. EUR 800 to 1,000

Fixed-price work: 30 to 50% on signature. Contracts are non-exclusive. No fee linked to the payout amount. Engineering and calculation, not actuarial sign-off.

What each line includes

From the first audit to the run service.

Trigger audit, or design and feasibility

from EUR 6,000fixed scope, about two weeks

  • Independent rebuild of the index from the named data
  • Backtest over the full record, against documented losses where they exist
  • Basis-risk and data-source findings
  • Wording-to-code check
  • Written findings and a walkthrough call
Details

Onboarding: one index

from EUR 10,000once, per index

  • Index definition written for the policy wording
  • Pipeline with an input check and a content hash at each stage
  • Backtest and basis-risk read
  • Methodology report
Details

Pipeline support and independent verification

from EUR 8,000per year, per programme

  • The pipeline runs on your servers
  • I maintain it
  • I check its results against the contract
Details

Calculation agent

from EUR 12,000per year, per programme

  • I run the calculation on my server
  • I issue the event report the payout follows
  • Two event calculations a year included
  • Available about six weeks after signature, set up per contract
Details

Terms

How the money works.

Deposit
30 to 50% on signature for fixed-price work.
Exclusivity
Contracts are non-exclusive.
Payout link
No fee is linked to the payout amount or to whether a trigger fires.
Scope
Engineering and calculation, not actuarial sign-off.
Contracting party
Stéphane Karasiewicz EI, trading as Skaraz Data.

Scope an audit