Catastrophe risk
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
Regulation, quantification and cyber risk at Zurich
Why we quantify
Japan earthquake produced 'cultural change' on supply chain risk
Permanent shift in thinking about supply chain continuity, BCI survey finds
Cat bonds poised for recovery after depressed year
Disaster recovery
Cat product to transfer oil spill risk to capital markets
Catastrophe product looks to capitalise on perceived investor appetite for oil spill risk
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
Japan earthquake raises cat bond uncertainty
Japan earthquake raises cat bond uncertainty
Cat risk – Solvency II standard formula is up to double industry view of nat cat risk
Standard formula is up to double industry view of nat cat risk
Cat bonds set to become new face of structured credit, say Axa chiefs
Two senior heads at Axa Investment Managers anticipate escalating demand for catastrophe bonds.
Profile: Swiss Re's Raj Singh
Predicitng the unthinkable
Predicting the unthinkable
Raj Singh, chief risk officer at Swiss Re, talks to Alexander Campbell
A natural progression?
The widescale demand for catastrophe bonds in Asia has been heralded for many years now. But outside Japan and to a lesser extent Taiwan, overall penetration of catastrophe insurance in Asia remains low. Is this all about to change?
Recovering from 'Hurricane Lehman'
Catastrophe bonds
Protection policies
Profile
Lessons from disaster
Catastrophe Risk