The implications of the recent Japan earthquake for those invested in insurance risk transfer instruments - insurance linked securities - and why now might even be an opportune time to invest.
Radio Feature 11: Karsten Bromann in conversation with Sona Blessing
Friday, April 01, 2011
Together with Solidum Partners, Karsten Bromann, I discuss the implications of the recent Japan earthquake for those invested in insurance risk transfer instruments - insurance linked securities - and we also explore why now might even be an opportune time to invest.
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Q1 - What this event occurrence actually means for Japanese and global insurers and reinsurers, and the estimated losses they have suffered?
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Q2 - What such an event means for global insurers and reinsurers going forward?
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Q3 - What it means for investor returns?
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Q4 - Its effect on new cat bond issuance, spreads and structuring insurance risk transfer instruments
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Q5 - The merits and drawbacks of using parametric triggers in structuring for e.g. cat bonds
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Q6 - The geographic facts of this magnitude 9 earthquake and why it probably was not "The Tokyo Earthquake" everyone had been braced for
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