This paper examines the optimal design of insurance and reinsurance policies. We first consider reinsurance for … catastrophes: risks which are large for any one insurer but not for the reinsurance market as a whole. Reinsurance for catastrophes … public optimal reinsurance employs a deductible-style deductible-style excess-of-loss policy, and when is is private but the …

transferring risk are being explored. The paper studies several recent transactions by USAA which use reinsurance capacity from … demonstrate that both features deviate from what theory would predict, yet are characteristic of many transactions, not simply …

with natural hazards, such as hurricanes and earthquakes. Risk management theory suggests protection by insurers and other … relatively little cat reinsurance against large events. We also find that premiums are high relative to expected losses …, especially after cat events. We then examine clinical evidence to understand why the theory fails. Specifically, we examine …

supply of intermediary capital is perfectly elastic. We take the US catastrophe reinsurance market as an example, using … results suggest that the price of reinsurance generally exceeds fair' values, particularly in the aftermath of large events …

after a natural disaster that caused more than a billion dollar in damages. Results suggest a substantial increase in … securitization activity in years following such a billion-dollar disaster. Such increase is larger in neighborhoods for which such a … disaster is "new news", i.e. does not have a long history of hurricanes. Conforming loans are riskier in dimensions not …

The first section of the paper addresses the first question by outlining two principles on which a disaster insurance … question and delineates the opportunities and challenges of a comprehensive disaster insurance program. Section 5 poses a set … of open issues that are currently being addressed by a research project on disaster insurance undertaken by the Wharton …