Catastrophe
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Energy companies are showing increased interest in hurricane derivatives, a specialist product that can provide an additional layer of protection on top of insurance. Joe Marsh reports
Demand for catastrophe bonds is unlikely to wane following the impact of Hurricane Katrina in August, despite question marks raised about hedge funds' appetite for taking on catastrophe risk in the aftermath...
E&P companies tend not to strategically hedge in a rising market. But there are good reasons for them to do so, and some are sticking to their hedging strategies, despite suffering losses on their derivatives...
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A catastrophe waiting to happen?
As climate change and geopolitical uncertainty ratchet up the risk of a single, catastrophic event, insurers are turning to catastrophe bonds to offset that risk.
A catastrophe waiting to happen?
As climate change and geopolitical uncertainty ratchet up the risk of a single, catastrophic event, insurers are turning to catastrophe bonds to offset that risk. Richard Bravo reports
A catastrophe waiting to happen?
As climate change and geopolitical uncertainty ratchet up the risk of a single, catastrophic event, insurers are turning to catastrophe bonds to offset that risk. Richard Bravo reports
Insurers weather US storms
Insured losses totalling between $12 billion and $20 billion are expected to result from hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan, according to estimates from California-based risk management firm, Risk Management Solutions (RMS). But despite the scale of...
Fair weather future
Judging from the success of the weather risk market in the Asia-Pacific region,the Chicago Mercantile Exchange couldn’t have picked a more opportune timeto launch Japanese weather futures. By Paul Lyon
RMS releases updated Climetrix weather trading system
Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a California-based provider of products and services for the management of natural hazard risk, today released version 4.0 of its Climetrix weather derivatives trading and risk management system.
Storms ahead
Weather traders in Europe are celebrating the issuance of an innovative catastrophe bond by EDF. Meanwhile, US traders are concerned over attempts to regulate weather risk contracts as insurance, rather than derivatives. By Paul Lyon
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