Chris Westfall

Christopher Westfall is a career journalist, covering finance across multiple sectors including insurance, banking and asset management.

Latest

Mar 27, 2009

The secondary market for catastrophe bonds saw record activity over the last three months as the result of forced selling,

Mar 24, 2009

Investors who specialize in insurance-linked securities see little chance for growth in the near future but are hopeful market forces

Mar 23, 2009

Growth in catastrophe bond issuance is expected remain staid for 2009 and it will take at least three years before

Mar 18, 2009

Proposals to rework the Texas windstorm fund would allow the use of catastrophe bonds and other insurance-linked securities products. Texas

Mar 17, 2009

RiskMarketNews will send out updates via Twitter from the Securities and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Insurance Insurance & Risk Linked

Mar 16, 2009

A multi-billion dollar market that allowed life insurers to gain incremental income has all but vanished and market participants don’