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| Author: | Cummins, J. D. Doherty, N. Lo, A. |
| Title: | Can insurers pay for the "big one"? Measuring the capacity of the insurance market to respond to catastrophic losses |
| Journal: | Journal of Banking and Finance
2002 : MAR, VOL. 26:2-3, p. 557-583 |
| Index terms: | Insurance Reinsurance Risk management Securitization |
| Freeterms: | Property-liability insurance Capitalization |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The paper presents an analysis of the capacity of the US property-liability insurance industry to finance catastrophic property losses in the $100 billion range. Estimating capacity using insurer financial statement data, the authors find that the industry could adequately fund a $100 billion event. |
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