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by Morton Lane (Author) "My objective for this book was to bring together the best practitioners and best thinkers in the world of alternative risk transfer and securitisation..." (more)
Key Phrases: natural catastrophe risks, capital constraint model, financial capital claims, New York, Munich Re, British Aerospace (more...)
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Must be the most comprehensive book on the subject to date, reflected in the quality, quantity and depth of essays. -- James Brewer, Insurance Editor, Lloyds List June 6,2002

Regarding sheer scope and the expertise of the contributors, this book sets a standard for reference volumes of its type. -- Mark A. Hoffman, Business Insurance, Jan 20th 2003

The most comprehensive book on the subject to date, which is reflected in the quality, quantity and depth of essays. -- James Brewer, Lloyd's List, August 2002

This impressive book offers broad and detailed coverage of alternative risk transfer (ART). -- Michael Sherris, University of New South Wales

Those involved with ART products or with the development of risk transfer strategies would definitely find this book useful. -- Michel M. Dacorogna, Converium, Zurich, Switzerland

an important source of information on this rapidly developing market... provides a valuable insight into ART techniques and their applications. -- Satyajit Das, The Finance and Treasury Professional

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A groundbreaking volume that fully exposes the relatively new area of risk financing from traditional methods of insurance and provides analysis of the intersection of insurance and finance.

Provides an innovative and detailed insight on a variety of issues to include an overview of the reinsurance industry, contingent financing, terrorism risk, captives, finite risk, loss portfolio transfers, catastrophe risk, modelling issues and risk swaps.

Multi-author contributions from leading industry experts of the effects of September 11th on the insurance and reinsurance markets.

Chronicles the market changes from traditional methods of insurance through industry developments, research and current practice.

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My objective for this book was to bring together the best practitioners and best thinkers in the world of alternative risk transfer and securitisation. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
natural catastrophe risks, capital constraint model, financial capital claims, insurance securitisation, risk overhang, regional loss indices, risk transfer transactions, risk swap transaction, cat bonds, cat bond market, lease income streams, loss exceedance curves, cat bond transactions, capacity constraint model, aircraft portfolio, residual value guarantees, hardening markets, risk layers, finite reinsurance, alternative risk transfer, risk swaps, parametric triggers, dynamic financial analysis, hedge efficiency, cat securities
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Munich Re, British Aerospace, Closed Block Business, Goldman Sachs, Final Offering Circular, Financial Accounting Standards Board, Prudential Holdings, Journal of Finance, Floating Rate Notes, Monte Carlo, Tokio Marine, Applied Insurance Research, Bank of England, Berkshire Hathaway, Financial Services Businesses, Gold Eagle, United States, World Trade Center, Court of Appeal, Atlas Reinsurance, Deutsche Bank, John Wiley, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley
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