Catastrophe Risk and Reinsurance - A Country Risk Management Perspective

Released on: September 9, 2007, 10:29 pm

Press Release Author: Bharat Book Bureau

Industry: Financial

Press Release Summary: \"This book displays current state-of-the-art thinking about
addressing a most formidable risk management challenge: natural disasters at the
national level.

Press Release Body: Bharat Book Bureau, a leading market information distributor has
tabled a report Catastrophe Risk and Reinsurance:A Country Risk Management
Perspective http://www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp?id=5962
\"This book displays current state-of-the-art thinking about addressing a most
formidable risk management challenge: natural disasters at the national level. It is
a timely addition to the literature on risk management. The diversity of opinions as
well as the balance of viewpoints from academia, industry, and government, ensures
that the approach taken is comprehensive.\"
Lloyd Foster, Vice President, Risk Management and Pricing, Transamerica Reinsurance
\"A comprehensive summary of the tools and prerequisites for natural catastrophe
financing schemes, based on practical examples and top expert input from around the
world.\"
Edouard Schmid, Swiss Re.Including the latest invaluable insights into catastrophe
reinsurance, this book provides you with a wealth of risk management expertise
gained from many of the largest catastrophe risk transfer programmes worldwide.

Drawing on material from a recent World Bank conference, Eugene N. Gurenko assembles
some of the foremost reinsurance and risk management experts from industry and
academia. The chapters thoroughly explore subjects such as country risk assessment,
risk modelling, risk transfer methods and national reinsurance.
. Outlines the key challenges involved in building national catastrophe insurance
schemes and suggests how disaster-prone countries can manage their exposures to
reduce the cost of risk by following the classical corporate risk management model
. Demonstrates the importance of public-private partnerships in catastrophe risk
financing by suggesting the roles of government and private risk markets
. In addition to risk financing, this title uniquely covers the role of risk
reduction and prevention in disaster prone countries

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