Bermuda Insurers Expect a Limited Role for ILS
Bermuda-based reinsurance companies will continue to dip their toes into insurance-linked securities (ILS) and alternative capital structures such
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Mexico Cat Bond May Portend Similar Structures
The recent $250 million catastrophe bond offered by the Mexican government — if marketed successfully — may be the first of many
Consultant Wants to Double Check Modelers’ Earthquake Math
Karen Clark & Company wants to explain to insurers why a recent dramatic drop in their loss estimates for California
Captives Remain Market Choice for Terror Cover
Large corporates continue to see captive formation as their best choice gaining terrorism coverage and accessing the Terrorism Risk Insurance
Financial Market Meltdown Pulls the Indemnity Trigger
Two recently released studies show that the catastrophe bond market has all-but- abandoned indemnity triggers as confidence eroded in
Tinderbox: California Wildfires and the Mortgage Meltdown
The wildfires that are sweeping Southern California are nothing new to the region, but the collapse of the housing market
Greek Government May Bear the Brunt of Wildfire Losses
The wildfires that swept through Greece last week will see little if any claims through the private insurance market as
Exposure Data Initiative Makes Jump into Modeling Firms
The push to create industry-wide exposure data format now includes participation from a catastrophe modeling firm, an important step
Morakot: A Major Test of Taiwan’s Developing Nat Cat Market
Typhoon Morakot may turn out to be the island nation’s most significant natural disaster since 2001 and the first
The Impact of Catastrophe Lines on Select Reinsurers for the Second Quarter of 2009
Below are catastrophe-related charges to earnings reports from selected reinsurance providers. Each company provides a different level of information
Cat Risk at Center of Offshore Tax Debate
Legislation that would target the tax status of affiliated foreign reinsurers would likely have its most significant reverberations in the
U.S. Thunderstorm Losses Echo Across Industry
Thunderstorms have become a major factor for insurers in the U.S. and industry professionals expect losses to increase even
