Catastrophe Risk and Reinsurance: A Country Risk Management Perspective - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1904339204 ISBN 13: 9781904339205

Publisher: Risk Books, 2004

Synopsis

Including the latest invaluable insights into catastrophe reinsurance, Catastrophe Risk and Reinsurance provides you with a wealth of risk management expertise gained from many of the largest international catastrophe risk transfer programmes.

Drawing on material from a recent World Bank conference, Eugene N. Gurenko assembles some of the foremost reinsurance and risk management experts from industry and academia.

The chapters thoroughly explore subjects such as country risk assessment, risk modelling, risk transfer methods and national reinsurance.

Outlines the key challenges involved in building national catastrophe insurance schemes and suggests how disaster-prone countries can manage their exposures to reduce the cost of risk by following the classical corporate risk management model.

Demonstrates the importance of public-private partnerships in catastrophe risk financing by suggesting the roles of government and private risk markets.

In addition to risk financing, this title uniquely covers the role of risk reduction and prevention in disaster prone countries.

About this title

Review

"A comprehensive summary of the tools and prerequisites for natural catastrophe financing schemes." -- Edouard Schmid, Swiss Re

"Displays current, cutting-edge thinking about addressing a most formidable risk management challenge: natural disasters at the national level." -- Lloyd Foster, Vice President, Risk Management and Pricing, Transamerica Reinsurance

About the Author

Dr. Eugene N. Gurenko is a Senior Insurance Specialist at the World Bank Insurance Practice. During his career at the World Bank Group, which he joined in 1998, he designed and managed the World Bank program of technical assistance and lending to the Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool, currently one of the largest earthquake insurers in the world. For his work on the Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool, Mr. Gurenko received President's Excellence Award. Since then, Dr. Gurenko has been actively involved in developing catastrophe risk management solutions for the World Bank client countries. His latest assignments include the design and management of World Bank programs of technical assistance and lending in support of the catastrophe insurance programs in Turkey, Iran, Romania, India, Columbia and the Philippines. Dr. Gurenko holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University, a title of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and an associate degree in reinsurance (ARe).

Edition details

• Publisher: Risk Books
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904339204
• ISBN 13: 9781904339205
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 322
• Editor: Gurenko Eugene N.