Week’s Top Stories: Oct 25 - 31, 2008
Carrier Capital Softens the Financial Blow: the market is experiencing a fundamental tension of factors right now.
Cat Risk Comes Out of Hiding: advances in casualty catastrophe modeling may help protect you from “hidden” portfolio exposures.
Uncover and Mitigate Product Liability Risk: avert a Casualty Catastrophe: few grasp the full extent of product liability insurance exposure.
ERM: Part of the Answer to Financial Catastrophes: while hurricanes spun through the Gulf of Mexico last month, a larger catastrophe ripped through New York, London, Shanghai, and every other major financial center in the world.
Models Rise to Flooding Challenge: most models have not been able to address the complexity of this peril, rendering targeted risk management impossible.
Most Popular Keyword: casualty cat (i.e., casualty catastrophe)
And, you may have missed …
Multi-Year Cover Gaining Steam in LA&H: the use of multi-year cover for accident and health lines of business, though in its infancy, could be the next step in mitigating risk and reducing ambiguity.