All Securitisation/industry loss warranties articles
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Online onlyRMS adds weight to Swiss Re longevity bonds
Catastrophe modeller used structural modelling in favour of traditional actuarial modelling
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Online onlySwiss Re places $175m mortality bond
Reinsurer announces latest issuance under Vita Capital programme
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Online onlyMunich Re secures €50m ILW protection
Reinsurer cedes European windstorm risk to Allianz Risk Transfer
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Investment AnalysisILS: How to choose your trigger
Dr Luzi Hitz takes a look under the hood of cat bonds. These bonds employ different trigger mechanisms: rules which determine a pay-out to sponsors.
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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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Features
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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GR Focus
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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Hannover Re issues US cat bonds
Property catastrophe risks of a number of US cedants were pooled and transferred to the capital markets
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Hedge fund firm buys into ILS specialist
Man Group to pay £25m for company focusing on weather derivatives
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Putting ILS to the test
The hype over cat bonds has been sustained by three years of dramatic growth. But can the good times last? Charles Thresh and Jonathon Lane consider the threat of the credit crunch to this burgeoning asset class.
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Investment Analysis
When a hedge fund sneezes
Will reinsurers catch a cold? Hedge funds experienced their first negative quarter on record in Q1. That could have dire consequences for the insurance companies and products they invest in, explains Lindsey Rogerson.
