Alternative Risk Strategies - Softcover

Lane, Morton

 
9781899332632: Alternative Risk Strategies
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1899332634 ISBN 13: 9781899332632
Publisher: Risk Publications, 2002

Synopsis

A groundbreaking volume that fully exposes the relatively new area of risk financing from traditional methods of insurance and provides analysis of the intersection of insurance and finance.

Provides an innovative and detailed insight on a variety of issues to include an overview of the reinsurance industry, contingent financing, terrorism risk, captives, finite risk, loss portfolio transfers, catastrophe risk, modelling issues and risk swaps.

Multi-author contributions from leading industry experts of the effects of September 11th on the insurance and reinsurance markets.

Chronicles the market changes from traditional methods of insurance through industry developments, research and current practice.

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About the Author

Morton Lane is the president of Lane Financial, LLC, a broker-dealer engaged in consulting and transaction activity at the intersection of the reinsurance and capital markets. He is also a director of Select Re, Bermuda.

Previously, Morton has been senior managing director of the Capital Markets Division at Gerling Global Financial Products (GGFP), president of Discount Corp of New York Futures, senior managing director and head of commodities of Bear Stearns & Co, president of Lind-Waldock, investment officer for The World Bank, and lecturer at the London Graduate School of Business Studies.

Morton is a prominent speaker on insurance and securitisation and has written numerous articles on this subject. In 2001, he was awarded the Charles A. Hachemeister Prize for his article on "Pricing Risk Transfer Transactions" published in the Actuarial Studies in Non-life Insurance (ASTIN) Bulletin. He has co-authored two books, The Treasury Bond Basis and Eurodollar Futures. He has also designed and taught courses at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Morton earned his B Soc Sc from Birmingham University, and his PhD in mathematics, business administration and computer science from the University of Texas.

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Publisher
Risk Publications
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1899332634
ISBN 13 
9781899332632
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
670