Weather Models Key to Haiti Recovery Effort
Two regional organizations are scrambling to prepare new weather models as Haiti enters the 2010 hurricane season. The Caribbean Catastrophe
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Can ILS Move Beyond the Boutique?
Despite high hopes of opening the pipeline for insurance linked securities, market participants expect that deal flow will remain a
Basis Risk Remains Key Problem for Cat Bond Market
The catastrophe bond market could triple in size over the next decade, but that means sponsors and investors will only
Academics Praise ILS Market Fundamentals but Raise Some Caution
The following is a preview coverage of the IQPC Insurance Linked Securities Summit held in New York last week. Other
New Longevity Market Group Open to ISDA Input on Standards
Standardizing longevity and life risk trades will be the initial focus of a newly created industry group, but it remains
Audit Faults Louisiana Citizens' Reserving
A report issued last week questions Louisiana Citizens’ Property Insurance Corp.’s reserving practices and says that state’s insurer
Does ILS Have a Transparency “Problem”?
The call for greater transparency in the structuring and trading of insurance linked securities has been gaining momentum since the
RMS Calls Criticism “A Fundamental Misunderstanding” of Cat Models
Risk Management Solutions (RMS) says that a recent report saying that short term hurricane models overestimated losses by billions as
Cat Risk Limits Key to New Validus Bond Rating
Validus Holdings received a rating of Baa2 on a proposed debt with Moody’s adding the reinsurer’s debt could
Clark Says Hurricane Models Overestimated Losses
Boston-based consulting from Karen Clark & Company argues that the short-term models used by the three largest catastrophe
Capital Markets Leader Swiss Re Picks Retro Over Securitization
Swiss Re ruled out an embedded value securitization for a large chunk of its life reinsurance business and instead is
The $8 Million Question: Haiti and the Relevance of Catastrophe Pools
The $8 million payment from the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) to the Haitian government following last week’s
