Hurricane Sandy catastrophe bonds News

Sandy to Have Limited Impact on Catastrophe Bond Market: Willis

Superstorm Sandy’s impact the catastrophe bond market is likely to be muted based on current estimates, with little impact on new pricing, according to Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA). The scope and scale of the storm makes it unlikely …

Hurricane Sandy Losses Should Not Affect Most Insurer Ratings or Premiums: S&P

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it expects Hurricane Sandy to have only limited impact on the ratings on U.S. property/casualty insurers, global reinsurers, and certain catastrophe bonds. Although it anticipate that losses from Sandy will affect (re)insurers’ fourth-quarter earnings …

Hurricane Sandy Unlikely to Trigger Payouts from Catastrophe Bonds

Investors who have put their money into specialist financial bonds which cover insurance companies from huge natural disasters are unlikely to be hit with big losses from monster storm Sandy even though it is one of the biggest ever to …