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New Longevity Market Group Open to ISDA Input on Standards
No plans yet to share information on longevity swap market standards with ISDA. JP Morgan’s LifeMetrics could become part of the new group.

Can ILS Move Beyond the Boutique?
While it may never eclipse traditional reinsurance, a healthy "boutique" industry could thrive if catastrophe bond pros address investor concerns.

Basis Risk Remains Key Problem for Cat Bond Market
Despite a decade of trying to overcome the stigma of basis risk, the gulf between modeled and actual losses will only become greater as the catastrophe bond market grows.

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Academics Praise ILS Market Fundamentals but Raise Some Caution

Feb/02/2010 02:09 PM Filed in: Catastrophe Bonds | Reinsurance | Life Structures

Catastrophe bonds will become more important as reinsurance capital shrinks, but the market’s “underlying friction” remains. Life and longevity traders could be in store for a mortality spike. Read More...

Audit Faults Louisiana Citizens' Reserving

Jan/27/2010 01:49 PM Filed in: Regulation

An audit of Louisiana’s insurer of last resort goes to the heart of its reserving. Management cries foul.
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Does ILS Have a Transparency “Problem”?

Jan/26/2010 11:40 AM Filed in: Catastrophe Bonds

The shuttering of the online trading platform Myrias and its argument that the industry was “not ready for full transparency” is the latest salvo against the industry’s disclosure practices.
Professionals from Fermat Capital, Moody’s and Myrias discuss current problems and possible solutions.
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RMS Calls Criticism “A Fundamental Misunderstanding” of Cat Models

Jan/21/2010 02:03 PM Filed in: Modeling Firms

After a report calls short term hurricane models flawed, one firm says the criticism is itself faulty. Read More...

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