Lessons from the Japanese Earthquake: : why the U.S. should use international reinsurance markets

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<dc:creator>Hochberg, Ed</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>Morin, François</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2011-09-30</dc:date>
<dc:description xml:lang="es">Sumario:  In the present environment of substantial federal deficits and ballooning debt, this article questions whether this hidden risk transfer is the most efficient and appropriate means of risk financing, given the low-frequency, high-severity nature of these events. Because most mortgagees do not require earthquake insurance, the current system presents a substantial downside risk to the economy. This risk is especially serious, given the potential impact on the banking system and the U.S. government's grappling with deficits, debt limits and a recent rating agency downgrade. If earthquake insurance were required to obtain a mortgage, similar to windstorm and other natural hazards, such economic risk could be mitigated, in combination with the appropriate participation from the international reinsurance markets</dc:description>
<dc:identifier>https://documentacion.fundacionmapfre.org/documentacion/publico/es/bib/133953.do</dc:identifier>
<dc:language>eng</dc:language>
<dc:rights xml:lang="es">InC - http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</dc:rights>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Seguro de riesgos extraordinarios</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Catástrofes naturales</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Mercado de reaseguros</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Transferencia Alternativa de Riesgos</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Financiación de los riesgos</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Crisis financiera</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Estados Unidos</dc:subject>
<dc:type xml:lang="es">Artículos y capítulos</dc:type>
<dc:title xml:lang="es">Lessons from the Japanese Earthquake:  : why the U.S. should use international reinsurance markets</dc:title>
<dc:relation xml:lang="es">En: Emphasis. - New York : Towers Watson, 1987-. - 30/09/2011 Número 3  - 2011 , p. 7-13</dc:relation>
<dc:coverage xml:lang="es">Estados Unidos</dc:coverage>
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