ABOUT THE BOOK

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    Accession Number

 B5428

    Title

 Handbook Of Insurance Linked Securities

    Author

 Barrieu, Pauline/ Albertini, Luca

    Publisher

 John Wiley & Sons Ltd

    ISBN

 978-0-470-74383-6

     Summary

This book provides hands-on information essential for market participants drawing on the insights and expertise of an impressive team of international market players, representing the various aspects and perspectives of this growing sector. The book presents the state of the art in Insurance-Linked Securitization by exploring the various roles for the different parties involved in the transactions, the motivation for the transaction sponsors the potential inherent pitfalls, the latest developments and transaction structures and the key challenges faced by the market. The book is organized into parts, each covering a specific topic or sector of the market. After a general overview of the ILS market, the Insurance-Linked Securitization process is studies in details. A distinction is made between non-life and life securitization, due to the specificities of each sector. The process and all the actors involved are identified and considered in a comprehensive and systematic way. The concepts are first looked at in a general way, before the analysis of relevant case studies where the ILS technology is applied.