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It’s been apparent for some months that the catastrophe bond market stalled during the second quarter as a result of the impact of the Japanese earthquake and the uncertainty caused by changes to U.S. hurricane risk models. At the start of this year the market was feeling positive about the prospects for growth as the […]

Catastrophe bond and catastrophe insurance-linked security pricing has dipped in recent weeks as the market comes to terms with the possible losses triggered by the earthquake in Japan on 11th March. Cat bonds are generally trading at lower prices than before the disaster and some deals which are most exposed to the events in Japan […]

Earlier this month AIR Worldwide announced a new and updated version of their hurricane model which features as part of their CATRADER® software for investors of catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities. Right at the bottom of the press release was a line referring to ‘a new Catastrophe Bond Summary Report that combines information from the […]

Watson Wyatt, the massive global consulting firm, have advised pension fund clients to seek investment diversification through insurance-linked strategies. They say investors such as pension funds do not have portfolios which are diversified enough and that insurance-linked instruments are a great way to acquire that diversification. They highlight ‘event insurance strategies’ as an area ripe […]