1. Insurer Demand for Catastrophe Reinsurance
Anne Gron
Comment: Steven F. Goldberg
Comment: Raghuram Rajan
2. Alternative Means of Redistributing Catastrophic Risk in a National Risk Management System
Christopher M. Lewis and Kevin C. Murdock
Comment: Peter Diamond
Comment: Paolo M. Pellegrini
3. Pricing Excess-of-Loss Reinsurance Contracts against Catastrophic Loss
J. David Cummins, Christopher M. Lewis, and Richard D. Phillips
Comment: Sanjiv Ranjan Das
Comment: James A. Tilley
4. Challenges Facing the Insurance Industry in Managing Catastrophic Risks
Paul R. Kleindorfer and Howard C. Kunreuther
Comment: James R. Garven
Comment: Dwight Jaffee
5. The Pricing of U.S. Catastrophe Reinsurance
Kenneth A. Froot and Paul G. J. O'Connell
6. Reinsurance for Catastrophes and Cataclysms
David M. Cutler and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Comment: John H. Cochrane
7. The Influence of Income Tax Rules on Insurance Reserves
David F. Bradford and Kyle D. Logue
Comment: Ross J. Davidson Jr.
Comment: James R. Hines Jr.
8. Courting Disaster? The Transformation of Federal Disaster Policy since 1803
David A. Moss
Comment: Clement S. Dwyer Jr.
Comment: R. Glenn Hubbard
9. The Moral Hazard of Insuring the Insurers
James G. Bohn and Brian J. Hall
Comment: Christopher M. McGhee
Comment: David Scharfstein
10. Index Hedge Performance: Insurer Market Penetration and Basis Risk
John A. Major
11. Panel Discussions