Profiles in Risk

E37: Brent Poliquin on Insurance Linked Securities

October 22, 2017 InsNerds Episode 37
Profiles in Risk
E37: Brent Poliquin on Insurance Linked Securities
Show Notes
On this episode, Brent and I discuss CAT bonds and other Insurance Linked Securities (ILS). We go into what makes ILS important to investors, insurers, reinsurers and other stakeholders. What is a CAT bond? How do these bonds pay out? How are they valued? We go into all of that and some of Brent's infamous nicknames.