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Swiss Re to provide Alabama state cat cover

27 July 2010

Global reinsurer Swiss Re has announced a first-of-its-kind agreement with the Alabama State Insurance Fund, to provide a three-year parametric insurance cover for the state's primary catastrophic hurricane exposure.

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Global reinsurer Swiss Re has announced a first-of-its-kind agreement with the Alabama State Insurance Fund (SIF), to provide a three-year parametric insurance cover for the SIF’s primary catastrophic hurricane exposure.

This agreement marks the first time a US state government has utilised such an innovative solution to transfer its financial exposure from natural catastrophes to the private sector, making it an important step in dealing with the costs associated with...


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Catastrophe bond issuance was $4.3bn in 2011. How much new issuance will there be in 2012?

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If last year was the year of the cat, then this year could be the year of the debt crisis.

Mike Van Slooten, head of international market analysis at Aon Benfield