1 September 2012Alternative Risk Transfer

ILS: a contender to traditional reinsurance

Capital market solutions such as catastrophe bonds and collateralised quota-share reinsurance vehicles represent an increasingly viable alternative to the use of traditional reinsurance, according to a report by rating agency Fitch.

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