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Case
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Reference no. 9-296-036
Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control
Authors: Sanjiv Das (Harvard Business School); N Haugestad (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1995
Version: 1 April 1998
Length: 23 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Managing uncertainty; Capital markets; Underwriting; Risk management; Supply & demand; Derivatives
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Abstract

Visits the catastrophe insurance business at an interesting time in the history of the insurance markets. A major reinsurer, National Insurance Corp., is taking a look at the new insurance derivatives being traded on the Chicago Board of Trade with a view to using them for risk management, and as a portfolio option.
Location:
United States
Size:
USD3.8 billion revenues
Other setting(s):
1990-1995
Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-298-118
Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control
Authors: Sanjiv Das (Harvard Business School); Stephen Lynagh (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 1998
Length: 13 pages
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Abstract

Visits the catastrophe insurance business at an interesting time in the history of the insurance markets. A major reinsurer, National Insurance Corp., is taking a look at the new insurance derivatives being traded on the Chicago Board of Trade with a view to using them for risk management, and as a portfolio option.

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Location:
United States
Size:
USD3.8 billion revenues
Other setting(s):
1990-1995

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Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-298-118
Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control
Authors: Sanjiv Das (Harvard Business School); Stephen Lynagh (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 1998
Length: 13 pages
View full details