Disaster bonds and insurance and Investment banking and brokerage Guide - Finance Review

Capital Considerations of Insurers with Catastrophe Exposure
AM Best's credit assessment of insurers that face catastrophic risks.
 
Catastrophe Exposure and Credit Ratings: Part 1 of 2
Slideshow presentation on Standard & Poor's assessment of exposure to catastrophic events.
 
The Potential Role of Government in Financing Catastrophic Risk
1998 testimony before the House Subcommittee on Banking and Financial Services that outlines a limited role for government in catastrophic risk reduction.
 
Catastrophe Risk Financing
Description of customized multiyear reinsurance products.
 
Implications of Transactions Involving Catastrophic Risk Securitization
Slideshow presentation of early catastrophic risk securitization transactions and their implications for the insurance industry.
 
Enterprise Risk Financing: A Three Dimensional View
Role of multiyear reinsurance securities in a risk management program.
 
The Evolving Market for Catastrophic Event Risk
Research piece on the market for catastrophe bonds, written by Kenneth Froot of Harvard Business School.
 
Financing Catastrophe Risk: Capital Market Solutions
Insurance Services Office (ISO) study of the different capital market solutions to financing risks associated with catastrophic events.
 
Risk Securitization vs Traditional Reinsurance
Slideshow presentation that utilizes a case study to present traditional and nontraditional risk transfer instruments.
 
Catastrophe Exposure and Credit Ratings: Part 2 of 2
Slideshow presentation on Standard & Poor's assessment of catstrophic risk exposure.
 
Reinsurance Strikes Back
Article that chronicles the convergence between the reinsurance and capital markets.
 
Beyond Catastrophes
Article on the gradual adoption of CAT bonds by insurance companies.
 
Optimal Risk Transfer
Examination of the development of financial reinsurance products and accounting for these instruments.
 
The Emerging Asset Class: Insurance Risk
Review of the relationship between catastrophe risk and the capital markets by Guy Carpenter.
 
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