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Cat Bond Investments of European Insurance Companies
Type
applied research project
Start Date
15 October 2011
End Date
15 April 2012
Status
completed
Keywords
Insurance-Linked Securities
Cat Bonds
Asset Management
Description
Although catastrophe bonds are continuing to gain importance in today's risk transfer and capital markets, little is known about the decision-making processes that drive the demand for this aspiring asset class. In this project, we focus on one segment of the investing community. Our main research goal is to identify major determinants of the cat bond investment decision of insurance and reinsurance companies.
Leader contributor(s)
Member contributor(s)
Partner(s)
Swiss Re
Funder(s)
Topic(s)
Insurance-Linked Securities
Cat Bonds
Asset Management
Method(s)
Survey/Interviews
Exploratory Factor Analysis
Logistic Regression
Range
Institute/School
Range (De)
Institut/School
Division(s)
Eprints ID
207323