Catastrophe
Cat risk: why forecasting climate change is a disaster
Forecasters are poles apart on climate-driven catastrophes; insurers fear worse ahead
Cat bond sponsors tempt investors with diversified perils and geographies
Innovative structures seek to break dominance of US wind peril over ILS market
Governments must ‘stop distorting cat markets’ with insurance pools
Let commercial market price risk, while governments should focus on risk-reduction, think-tank says
Better risk data vital if insurers to boost disaster coverage
Steps to improve risk modelling needed if Europe wants insurers to increase cat risk exposure, say experts
Asia-based cat bond issuance unlikely
A catastrophe bond from an Asian-based issuer is unlikely in the near term due to the high cost relative to traditional reinsurance
Cat bond market poised to boom in 2013
Bond boom
Sidecar capacity set to grow as capital market investment increases
Third-party solutions increasingly sought by firms seeking reinsurance and retrocession
Value of multi-peril cat bonds challenged
Combining uncorrelated perils does not necessarily make bond more attractive and presents valuation challenges, say bankers
Calls for better modelling of business interruption losses following Hurricane Sandy
Contingent business interruption models beginning to emerge, but data a challenge
Cat bond issuance this year could rival record 2007
New sponsors contribute to near-record first-half activity setting optimistic mood for rest of the year
Insurers need to improve understanding of flood risk exposure – Swiss Re
Flooding in Thailand was 'wake-up call' to industry
Record Q1 for cat bonds as pension funds increase capacity
Record Q1 for cat bonds as pension funds increase capacity
Cat bonds set for boom year as new investors eye market
Despite a subdued level of activity in 2011, the cat bond market is expected to boom this year as new investors pile in and rates harden in the traditional reinsurance market. Thomas Whittaker reports on how the cat bond market is evolving
Sovereign debt crisis spurs investment in cat bonds
Life insurers and pension funds using insurance-linked securities as diversifier, as deal activity jumps in fourth quarter
Cat bonds poised for recovery after depressed year
Disaster recovery
Catastrophe bond issuance may resume in fourth quarter, say experts
Waiting out the storm
Withstanding disaster - Suncorp profile
Withstanding disaster
Catastrophe bonds hit by Japan earthquake
Catastrophe bonds hit by Japan earthquake