Extreme events and insurance
Subtitle: 2011 annus horribilis
By: edited by Christophe Courbage and Walter R. Stahel
Contributors: International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics
Series: Geneva reports, risk and insurance research -- no. 5, March 2012
Publisher: Geneva Association
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: Risk management; Natural disasters; Economic aspects; Disaster insurance
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: Characteristics of the extreme events in 2011 and their impact on the insurance industry / Peter Höppe and Petra Löw; title: Insurance and extreme events / Christoph Courbage and Walter R. Stahel; title: Public-private initiatives to cover extreme events / Alberto Monti; title: CAT bonds and other risk-linked securities / J. David Cummins; title: 11 March Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear emergency / Masaaki Nagamura; title: Australian floods and their impact on insurance / Eva Q. Ma, Michael J. Guinery, Peter McCarthy and Rick Shaw; title: The Christchurch earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 / Robert Muir-Wood; title: Blown away / Kevin Simmons, Daniel Sutter and Roger Pelke; title: 2011 Thai floods and insurance / Christoph Courbage, Meghan Orie and Walter R. Stahel.