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Nelson Re cat bond on review
Rating agency Moody's could downgrade cat bond after sponsor's heavy Ike claims
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Cat bonds are back
SCOR issues $200m three year transaction led by BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank
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Hannover Re completes €100m capital markets deal
Transaction relates to life and annuity reinsurance business
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World Economic Forum issues ILS ideas
Recommendations announced to spur further growth of the market
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Stoneheath Re securities under review
AM Best considers change in light of company's links with XL Capital subsidiaries
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First Allianz cat bond for US hurricanes
Joint bookrunners Deutsche Bank and GC securities for $120m cat bond
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Pooling together
With the rising cost of natural catastrophes around the world, public private solutions could provide a model for the future. Dr Simon Young explains how the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility has set a precedent.
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Modelling for investors
As the market for insurance-linked securities takes off, catastrophe modelling agencies are striving to make their products simpler for investors to understand and easier for issuers to apply. David Banks reports.
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Modelling future climate
The fourth assessment report from the UNEP Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) goes some way to predicting the impact of climate change on weather patterns.
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Marsh becomes DIFC’s first captive manager
Broker is the first to gain a captive management licence from Dubai International Financial Centre
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New futures contracts as wind season starts
CCFE to List IFEX Florida and US Gulf Coast Tropical Wind Event Linked Futures
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Swiss Re invests $150m in cat bond
Protection via Vega Capital covers peak international perils
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Cat bond growth in 2008 'gradual', says Goldman Sachs
Last year about $7bn of catastrophe bonds were issued, with little growth expected for 2008
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Capital markets hold depth for pandemic risks
Guy Carpenter examines the use of extreme mortality bonds in its briefing "Push Pandemic out of Insurance"