Definition:Insurance linked securities (ILS): Difference between revisions

📈 '''Insurance linked securities (ILS)''' are financial instruments whose returnsvalue areis tieddriven toby [[Definition:Insuranceinsurance lossor | insurancereinsurance loss]] events rather than toby traditional financial market movementsfactors such as interest rates, equity prices, or credit spreads. The assetmost classwidely allowsrecognized form is the [[Definition:InsuranceCatastrophe carrierbond | insurerscatastrophe bond]] (cat bond), but the ILS universe also encompasses [[Definition:ReinsuranceIndustry loss warranty (ILW) | reinsurersindustry loss warranties]], [[Definition:Collateralized reinsurance | collateralized reinsurance]], [[Definition:Sidecar | sidecars]], and other risk-bearingstructures entities tothat transfer [[Definition:PeakUnderwriting perilrisk | peakunderwriting perilsrisk]] — most commonlyparticularly [[Definition:Catastrophe risk | natural catastrophe risksrisk]] such— asfrom hurricanes,[[Definition:Insurance earthquakes,carrier | insurers]] and windstorms[[Definition:Reinsurer —| toreinsurers]] theto [[Definition:Capital markets | capital markets]], where institutional investors. absorbThe themarket riskemerged in exchangethe formid-1990s attractive,following non-correlatedHurricane yields.Andrew Theand mostthe widelyNorthridge recognizedearthquake, formwhich isexposed the traditional [[Definition:Catastrophe bond (cat bond)Reinsurance | catastrophe bondreinsurance]], butmarket's thecapacity categoryconstraints alsoand encompassesmotivated [[Definition:Industrythe losssearch warrantyfor (ILW)alternative |sources industryof lossrisk-bearing warranties]], [[Definition:Collateralized reinsurance | collateralized reinsurance]], and [[Definition:Sidecar | sidecars]]capital.

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* [[Definition:Catastrophe bond (cat bond)]]

* [[Definition:CatastropheSpecial riskpurpose vehicle (SPV)]]