Insurance

Trouble in paradise

Healthy balance sheets, swollen liquidity reserves and positive cashflows should be the words every bondholder wants to hear, but they could spell bad news for credit investors in the US as companies prepare to reward equityholders

Katrina sparks model rethink

Demand for catastrophe bonds is unlikely to wane following the impact of Hurricane Katrina in August, despite question marks raised about hedge funds' appetite for taking on catastrophe risk in the aftermath of the disaster.

On the right track

When Robert Fleming started financing railroad construction in the US at the end of the nineteenth century, he may not have realised his legacy would set a series of single-strategy hedge funds running, in London, more than 100 years later.

Shelter from the storm

Energy companies are showing increased interest in hurricane derivatives, a specialist product that can provide an additional layer of protection on top of insurance. Joe Marsh reports

The multi-period explosion

Suppliers of asset and liability modelling software are using grid computing to help life companies cope with the increasing burdens put on them by regulators and rating agencies

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