Diese Dissertation befasst sich mit der Prognose von CAT-Bond-Risikoprämien. Sowohl auf dem Primärmarkt als auch auf dem Sekundärmarkt werden zu diesem Zweck klassische lineare Regressionsmodelle mit verschiedenen fortgeschrittenen Verfahren des maschinellen Lernens verglichen. Die...

This research studies a dynamic reinsurance model for an ambiguity-averse insurer. The insurer can manage its risk exposure through the purchase of reinsurance and the issuance of catastrophe bonds (CAT bonds) which are linked to an exogenous trigger index. The insurer worries about the veracity...

The use of the cloud to store personal/company data and to run programs is gaining wide acceptance as it is more efficient and cost-effective. However, cloud services may not always be available, which could lead to losses for customers and the cloud provider (the provider is typically obligated...

In this paper, we establish a comparison between one of the most traded financial derivatives in the markets, the so-called catastrophe bonds (abbreviated as cat bonds) and the corporate bonds. In the first section, we start from a brief definition as well as some basic concepts. In section two,...

As climate change increases exposure to natural disasters, countries need new solutions to mitigate risks of natural hazards. For many in Asia and the Pacific, mobilising existing resources is not enough: they need to consider a grand design of disaster risk financing strategies. Catastrophe...

We investigate whether the inclusion of Cat Bonds in portfolios composed of traditional assets and common factors is beneficial to investors. Various mean-variance spanning tests performed for the period of 2002 to 2017 show that under different market conditions, the addition of Cat Bonds gives...

One of the strategies which the insurance industry has used to deal with the risk of natural catastrophes has been to transfer some catastrophe risk on to the financial markets. Omnipresent, networked computer systems change the landscape of cyber-catastrophe. Linking together machines around...

This dissertation consists of three papers referring to the pricing of insurance-linked securities, while a fourth one deals with investigating the dynamics of foreign exchange implied volatility and correlation surfaces. The first paper proposes a novel risk-neutral pricing approach for...

In this paper, we establish a comparison between one of the most traded financial derivatives in the markets, the so-called catastrophe bonds (abbreviated as cat bonds) and the corporate bonds. In the first section, we start from a brief definition as well as some basic concepts. In section two,...

As cyber events have virtually no geographical limitations and can result in economic losses on a global scale, the assessment of return periods for such economic losses is currently debated among experts. The potential accumulation of consequential insurance losses due to intrusions or viruses...

As cyber events have virtually no geographical limitations and can result in economic losses on a global scale, the assessment of return periods for such economic losses is currently debated among experts. The potential accumulation of consequential insurance losses due to intrusions or viruses...

This paper proposes a stochastic model, which captures mortality correlations across countries and common mortality shocks, for analyzing catastrophe mortality contingent claims. To estimate our model, we apply particle filtering, a general technique that has wide applications in non-Gaussian...

In this paper, we develop a methodology to model the risk of losses resulting from a natural disaster in which the intensity parameter of the non-homogeneous Poisson process has an upward trend and a seasonal component. We apply this model to losses due to floods in the Financial Assistance...

We study how traditional reinsurance and CAT bonds can be combined to build an optimal catastrophe insurance programme. We develop a contingent claims model to investigate the imperfections and limitations of the reinsurance market stemming from financial distress costs and default risk. We find...