The study of natural catastrophe models plays an important role in the prevention and mitigation of disasters. After the occurrence of a natural disaster, the reconstruction can be financed with catastrophe bonds (CAT bonds) or reinsurance. This paper examines the calibration of a real...

It is widely recognized that "market failure" prevents efficient risksharing in natural disaster insurance. As a consequence, many countriesadopted institutional frameworks presenting public sector participation,often praised as public-private partnerships. We define risk selection asa situation...

In recent years, industry loss warranties (ILWs) have become increasingly popular in the reinsurance market. The defining feature of ILW contracts is their dependence on an industry loss index. The use of an index reduces moral hazard and generally results in lower prices compared to...

Risk transfer between primary insurance and reinsurance companies today takes place against a backdrop of major changes in international insurance and financial markets. One of these changes is the trend for the two markets to converge. This trend manifests itself in a growing number of product...

We consider a risk process modelled as a compound Poisson process. We find the otimal dynamic unlimited excess of loss reinsurance strategy to minimize infinite time ruin probability, and prove the existence of a smooth solution of the corresponding Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation as well as a...

In 2002 losses from natural catastrophes and man-made losses cost non-life insurers USD 13.5 bilion across the globe. This was markedly below the previous year´s level of USD 35 billion. While natural catastrophes caused losses of USD 11.4 billion, property losses from man-made disasters...

Demand for ART products is growing, according to Swiss Re's latest sigma study, The picture of ART, particularly in areas where traditional risk transfer is either expensive or unavailable. The report creates transparency in a market segment that has rapidly grown in complexity over recent...

This publication compares several interesting, representative and illustrative rating systems and discusses the underlying theoretical pay-as-you-go models and funded schemes. It does not intend to define an ideal system but to work out the strengths and weaknesses of each model and to compare...

We consider a risk process modelled as a compound Poisson process. We find the optimal dynamic unlimited excess of loss reinsurance strategy to minimize infinite time ruin probability, and prove the existence of a smooth solution of the corresponding Hamilton- Jacobi- Bellmann equation as well...

In this paper we study the asymptotic behaviour of the joint distribution of reinsurance aggregate claim amounts for large values of the retention level under various dependence assumptions.