All Cat bonds articles – Page 6
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AnalysisHeed the global warning
Reinsurers were “lucky” not to have been hit with major cat losses in 2007, says Peter Middleton
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AnalysisCat bond charge continues into Q4
Subprime has not hindered new cat bond issuances, says Dan Ozizmir
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Online onlyMunich Re issues Japanese quake bond
High demand shows the ILS market has not been impaired by the credit crunch
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Guy Carpenter establishes GC Securities
It has also expanded its investment banking capabilities in Europe
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AnalysisCapital market revolution
Capital market solutions will transform the industry, predicted delegates at Insuring Climate Change
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Predicting the fallout
As the credit crunch widens its grip on the global debt markets, Lindsey Rogerson asks if the insurance and reinsurance industry should be concerned
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Cover StoryProtection in all conditions
The appetite for cat bonds has continued unabated in 2007, despite other non-traditional products being wound down. But are they here for good, asks Nick Thorpe, and why is everyone going cat bond crazy?
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Credit crisis "unlikely to hit ILS appetite"
S&P see lack of activity in August as seasonal fluctuation
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Online onlyBreen: Sidecars served their purpose
Sidecars “were a really great idea for a problem we had last year”, says Stephen Breen
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Online onlyPrices to drop by 10%-15%
Reinsurance pricing will drop by 10%-15% at the 1 January renewals, predicts Paddy Jago
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Online onlyChilton: "Take convergence seriously"
Grahame Chilton has urged delegates at this year's Rendez-Vous to take the capital markets convergence seriously
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AnalysisUK floods highlight future risk
How freak weather events are encouraging insurers to look at alternatives
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Benfield launches capital markets unit
Benfield has launched a new capital markets division for all forms of non-traditional risk transfer
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AnalysisHurricane Katrina: two years on
How the industry turned its biggest ever loss into a lesson in fortitude
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Credit Suisse firm licenses AIR model
Financial institution will use model to manage cat bond risk
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Online onlyPCI backs US federal cat pool
The PCI backs a new bill proposing a national US catastrophe pool
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Online onlyNeed for transparency
As Swiss Re launches its first cat bond index, Jacques Aigrain calls for more transparency in this rapidly growing market.
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Swiss Re launches cat bond indices
Swiss Re Capital Markets launches new cat bond indices in conjunction with S&P
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S&P assigns ratings to Swiss Re cat bond
S&P has assigned ratings to Fusion Re, a Swiss Re cat bond covering typhoons in Japan using a CAT-Mex trigger
