Insurance

March 2006 - Riding the rollercoaster

US natural gas prices have proven to be susceptible to weather-related price swings. Andy Weissman looks at what a risk manager should consider when designing a price risk management program

Coping with setbacks

Most risk managers and employees in energy companies are familiar with the concepts of market risk and credit risk, but operational risk is receiving more attention in corporate boardrooms these days, writes Sandy Fielden

Life's perilous journey

Guaranteed variable annuity products generate huge profits for US life insurers, but have left firms massively exposed to exotic equity risk. Some companies are now laying off risk via long-dated, highly structured hedges. Not everyone is convinced this…

Business continuity in financial services firms

We were reminded in 2005 that significant business disruptions continue to occur in varying forms and levels of intensity. The London bombings of July 7, the devastation caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the late summer and the New York City…

After the storm

Last year's devastating US hurricane season hammered home the link between energy and weather. But some believe it may also hold a key to predicting this year's weather, says Todd Crawford of Weather Services International

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