Hedging Hurricanes - Paperback

by Adam Alvarez (Author)

Reinsurance is not complicated but it is full of jargon. This 70 page booklet introduces the key ideas that are necessary to make an informed investment in insurance linked funds. Introduced by the former partner responsible for the Goldman Sachs catastrophe bond business, the guide systematically explains the funds and their underlying assets. This is a revised and updated edition of 'Investing in Hurricanes' published in 2015.

Author Biography

Adam Alvarez is the Principal of InsuranceLinked, a consultancy that works with insurance linked funds and their investors. Adam has been involved with insurance linked securities since 2002 when he worked as a consultant at RMS designing the triggers for early parametric deals. He moved to Bermuda in 2005, where he helped to establish a new reinsurance platform within the Hiscox Group. During almost eight years at Hiscox, Adam built the firm's ILS portfolio and managed a variety of other business lines. Adam has a degree in Physics from the University of Oxford, an MBA from INSEAD in France and holds the ACII designation.