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Have hurricanes changed everything? : or is a soft market ahead? / Greg Alff

The enormous property losses from hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma, have erased the 13.2 billion dollars of underwriting profits that A.M. Best estimated for the fist half of 2005. Yet the underwriting results of the industry built from rate increases in 2002 through 2004 and continuing strong investment income will keep surplus for the industry strong

En: Risk management. - New York. - Vol.53, nº 1, January 2006 ; p. 12-19

1. Mercados . 2. Gerencia de riesgos . 3. Control de pérdidas . 4. Resultados contables . 5. Seguro de daños patrimoniales . 6. Costes económicos . 7. Ratios de gestión . 8. Catástrofes naturales . 9. Huracanes . 10. Seguro de riesgos extraordinarios . 11. Estados Unidos . I. Título. II. Título: Risk management.