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- Trailblazer cuts path into new markets; Prudential Vietnam ventured into the nation's capital market while most other foreign insurance firms showed indifference. Vietnam Investment Review's Nguyen Hong asked Prudential general director Huynh Thanh Phong
- What is the company's approach to investment and how will the company minimise risks associated with entering the capital market? What is the company's approach to investment and how will the company minimise risks associated with entering the capital market?
- Research articles 2002-03-04
- Capital markets lesson: CEA choice doesn't mean products doomed: experts.
- SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda - Losing out on available premium from the California Earthquake Authority does not spell the end for capital markets-based insurance products, investment experts say. Rather, capital markets experts should learn from the deal and SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda - Losing out on available premium from the ...
- Research articles 1997-03-03
- Capital markets support, not replace, insurers.
- NEW YORK--While capital markets are definitely carving out a role in helping property-casualty insurers finance their catastrophe exposures, they are not in the business of underwriting insurance risks, industry representatives contend. This was the mNEW YORK--While capital markets are definitely carving out a role in ...
- Research articles 1995-11-06
- EXEL Places Capital Mkt. Cover.
- EXEL Ltd., the Hamilton, Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance giant, said one of its units has completed what it believes is the first open-market transaction between a reinsurer and the capital markets. The transaction involved X.L. Mid Ocean ReinsEXEL Ltd., the Hamilton, Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance giant,...
- Research articles 1998-08-24
- INTERMEDIARIES JUMPING INTO CAPITAL MARKETS FRAY.(Statistical Data Included)
- Risk securitization capabilities are more the norm than the exception these days among the world's largest reinsurance intermediaries. Despite a less-than-booming securitized risk transfer market, deals are being done, and many reinsurance broker Risk securitization capabilities are more the norm than the...
- Research articles 1999-11-01
- World Bank may offer cat pool assistance; Help directed at developing nations.(International News)
- Byline: RICHARD MILLER BUCHAREST, Romania-In a new role for the World Bank, the international organization is exploring ways to become a provider of risk management and insurance solutions to help developing countries manage catastrophic risks. Byline: RICHARD MILLER ...
- Research articles 2006-10-09
- CEA gets a boost from familiar faces. (California Earthquake Authority)
- The California Earthquake Authority now is providing earthquake insurance to homeowners in the state, having met its goals for capitalization and support from homeowners' insurers. While the facility is designed to take over most homeowners' earthquakThe California Earthquake Authority now is providing earthquake insurance to...
- Research articles 1996-12-09
- Mispricing besets risk securitizations; Bond Market Assn.'s Second Annual Risk-Linked Securities Conference.(Brief Article)
- AVENTURA, Fla.-At a time when many see risk-linked securities as a solution to some capacity and pricing problems in the insurance market, issuers of the instruments face an essential conundrum. While investors are eager to buy more insurance-linke AVENTURA, Fla.-At a time when many...
- Research articles 2002-04-01
- ART expected to supplement traditional coverage; Industry foresees opportunity for alternative risk transfer in some areas, but not all.(Swiss Reinsurance Co.)
- As insurance markets harden, the role of capital markets and other alternative risk transfer vehicles will likely remain a supplement to traditional coverage but not supplant it. Although some reinsurance experts see tighter markets and lower inte As insurance markets harden, the role...
- Research articles 2001-11-05
- Risk securitization market sees interest growing.
- After remaining steady for several years, the volume of risk securitization activity may be set to jump significantly this year, as higher reinsurance prices increase issuer interest while the investor market for the securities continues to expand. After remaining steady for several years, the...
- Research articles 2001-03-12
- Lehman Sets Bermuda Facility.(Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. establishes Lehman Re Ltd.)
- Ending months of speculation, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said it has established a new Bermuda-based subsidiary to underwrite and securitize insurance and reinsurance risks. The New York-based investment bank holding company said the new unit will Ending months of speculation, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said it...
- Research articles 1998-06-22
- Will captives outlive their usefulness?(Captive Insurance Companies Association's 1996 conference)
- PHOENIX--If captives don't find better ways to plug into their parent companies' financial goals and fail to establish themselves as "a bridge between the property-casualty insurance market and the capital markets," they may well outlive theiPHOENIX--If captives don't find better ways to plug into their parent...
- Research articles 1996-03-25
- Congress looks into cat bond benefits. (Alternative Markets).(catastrophe bonds )
- The U.S. House Financial Services Committee is looking for ways to facilitate the creation of new capacity in the insurance marketplace, possibly by removing barriers to catastrophe bonds, according to a senior committee member. Rep. Sue Kelly, R- The U.S. House Financial Services...
- Research articles 2002-11-04
- Europeans increase use of risk-linked securities.(Statistical Data Included)
- Although European companies at one time may have lagged behind their U.S. counterparts in embracing risk securitization tools, the past year has seen them making up lost ground. In January, Munich Reinsurance Co. placed $300 million of risk-linked Although European companies at one...
- Research articles 2001-03-12
- U.K. sets precedent for bond insurance.
- LONDON-A recent court ruling underscores a key difference between claims payment practices in the insurance industry vs. the capital markets and the risks that such differences can create for the issuers of insured notes, as well as their creditors. LONDON-A recent court ruling underscores a...
- Research articles 2001-06-11
- Structural shifts boost capital demand. (insurance industry)
- SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda - Capital markets will play an increasing role in risk financing as structural changes in the insurance market create demand for more capital than the insurance industry can provide, forecasts an innovator in financial futures. &qSOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda - Capital markets will play an increasing...
- Research articles 1997-03-10
- Securitization Offers Alternative To Insurance.
- JEFF CHOOKASZIAN IS A MANAGER IN THE INSURANCE CONSULTING PRACTICE OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP TOM WARD IS A PARTNER IN E&Y's INSURANCE REGULATORY SERVICES PRACTICE. BOTH WORK OUT OF THE CHICAGO OFFICE. A new type of risk management tool-insuranc JEFF CHOOKASZIAN IS...
- Research articles 1998-10-26
- The Perspective of the Reinsurance and Capital Markets
- A broad range of corporate and financial players has become involved in the weather risk management market. This presentation is focused on three basic types of players in the weather risk management market: market makers energy companies and more recently bank, reinsurance companies, and investors (e.g. hedge funds). All of...
- White papers 2002-11-28
- Risk Transfer between Banks, Insurance Companies and Capital Markets: An Overview
- This article describes the interactions, which are effected primarily through securitizations and derivatives. In principle, firms can use risk-transfer markets to disperse risks, making them less vulnerable to particular regional, sectoral or market shocks. Greater inter-dependence, however, raises challenges for market participants and the authorities: in tracking the distribution of...
- White papers 2001-12-01
- Arbitrage Free Risk Loads for Brokers
- When actuaries write about insurance pricing formula, they first identify the formula in question and then discuss the pros and cons of it. This is in stark contrast to the capital market pricing papers. This paper follows the capital market paradigm, deriving the necessary and sufficient risk load formula from...
- White papers 2004-02-18
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