A portfolio of weather risk transfer contracts efficiently reduces risk

We quantify the potential reduction of risk in practice that is possible by constructing a portfolio of contracts covering weather risks, relative to a portfolio of lower-frequency natural catastrophe risks. First, we illustrate a protection seller’s analysis and reservation price for individual wea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Samuel E. Bodily, D. Matthew Coleman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Climate Risk Management
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096321000619