All Hedging articles

  • Catastrophe Risk

    More cat on capital markets

    30 March 2007

    Index based catastrophe futures launched on the NYMEX

  • Analysis

    Trading property damage risk

    12 March 2007

    Gallagher Re and physical commodities exchange New York Mercantile Exchange, have agreed that NYMEX will list for trading and clear property damage risk contracts, subject to regulatory approval by th

  • Analysis

    Catastrophe bonds

    19 December 2006

    Seventeen new cat bonds were issued during the first 11 months of 2006, adding just over $3.5 bn to the property cat capacity provided by the capital markets.

  • Catastrophe Risk

    Cat bonds at record levels

    6 October 2006

    Catastrophe risk securitisations reached record levels during the first eight months of 2006, and more are expected before the end of the year.

  • Analysis

    CORPORATES ARE SEEKING INNOVATIVE RISK SOLUTIONS

    14 July 2006

    The global capital markets are becoming increasingly attractive to corporates in the communications and technology sectors as some (re)insurers fail to keep pace with change

  • Features

    Risk in Public Private Partnerships

    1 December 2005

    Mike Walker continues his discussion of the risk which occurs when public procurement means that organisations become involved in PPP

  • Features

    Comment

    1 December 2005

    The words on everyone's lips now are contract certainty It is almost unbelievable that this is an issue, because there can be few other major corporate buying decisions that are based on paying over m

  • Features

    RISK IN PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

    14 November 2005

    Mike Walker explores and discusses the risk which occurs when public procurement means that organisations become involved in PPP

  • Analysis

    Outsourcing Risks and how to manage them

    20 December 2004

    A new report published by global not-for-profit organisation The Information Security Forum (ISF) highlights the unique risks to information presented by outsourcing critical and non-critical business

  • Features

    Optimising Risk Retention Strategy

    10 June 2004

    Martin Massey outlines the stages and processes necessary for an optimal risk financing programme

  • Features

    Captives and Hard market questions

    10 June 2004

    David Hertzell looks at some of the issues that captive owners and managers are now addressing

  • Features

    Fine Art

    10 June 2004

    Sue Copeman looks at those areas of alternative risk financing where companies can derive real value

  • Features

    GOING BARE FOR SHAREHOLDERS

    16 March 2004

    Lee Coppack discusses BP's approach to risk and insurance

  • Features

    Some Like It Hot…

    11 March 2003

    Massimiliano Zanetti believes that more European companies should be managing their weather risks

  • Features

    Managing weather risks

    12 June 2001

    Trading in weather derivatives has grown steadily in Europe since the first deal was struck in 1998.