Tag Archives: cat bonds

Our Scariest Capital Markets Risk – Waiting for the Perfect Time as an Excuse for the Status Quo

by Bill Dubinsky, October 31, 2012 | Posted in Capital Markets

Voltaire’s “Dit que le mieux est l’ennemi du bien”* is a cliché well understood by most executives in reinsurance, finance, and asset management. They do not generally let market timing influence ordinary course decisions towards the status quo (e.g., do … Continue reading →

Behind the Non-Life Cat Bond Transaction of the Year

by Guest Blogger, July 9, 2012 | Posted in Capital Markets

The Golden State Re deal comprised a number of creative features that were firsts for not only WCMA, but the insurance-linked securities market. Guest blogger Adam Beatty of our WCMA division explains what was new about it. Continue reading →

Outstanding Catastrophe Bond Capacity Back Over $14 Billion

by Guest Blogger, June 11, 2012 | Posted in Capital Markets

Back to Previous High-Water Mark This month the catastrophe bond market has quietly passed a rather significant milestone.  The total outstanding non-life issuance is back over $14 billion for the first time since June 2008. So does this mean the … Continue reading →

Property Catastrophe Pricing Remains in Check: Where is the Hard Market?

by Bill Dubinsky, February 23, 2012 | Posted in Capital Markets

Our recent Willis Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) Update reported property catastrophe rate increases but hardly the return to a hard market that many have been predicting. Why is this so? Continue reading →

New Madrid Quakes 200 Years Later–More Devastating?

by Bill Dubinsky, December 16, 2011 | Posted in Capital Markets

200 years ago today, the first of three devastating New Madrid earthquakes struck the Central U.S. What damage would such quakes wreak today? Continue reading →

T&D Cover – Gone With The Wind?

by David Reynolds, November 15, 2011 | Posted in Europe, Power & Utilities

The power sector's transmission and distribution networks (T&D) are exposed to European winter storms, but meaningful levels of T&D insurance is hard to find. Continue reading →