All Cat bonds articles – Page 8

  • Features

    Coming of age

    2006-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Global reinsurers suffered their greatest ever loss from catastrophes in 2005, yet the industry in the US realised almost $1.9bn in net income and increased policyholders' surplus by $5.8bn over 2004.

  • Features

    Retro off the radar

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Two highly active storm seasons have sent retrocession into hiding, explains Phil Zinkewicz.

  • Features

    Courting capital

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Alternative risk transfer solutions are set to break new records in 2006. Cat bonds, sidecars and swaps are all increasingly popular means of tapping the capital flows, explain Jonathan Barnes and Alan Punter.

  • Industry Matters

    What next for cat bonds?

    2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

    2005 was a big year for catastrophe bonds but is this set to continue? asks Christopher McGhee.

  • Global Matters

    Cat cover down under

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Swiss Re establishes Australia's first catastrophe bond.

  • Features

    In the headlines

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Helen Yates lists the top stories of 2005