Insurance-Linked Securities (e.g., weather derivatives, catastrophe bonds, and life settlements) are growing in popularity and one of the many alternative investments that exhibit low correlation to traditional markets.

This discussion brings together investors and managers in these areas to speak to the history of these investments, why investors are allocating to them today, and where they see them headed as their markets and structures evolve – as does the preferences and requirements of investors as well as those who participate on the other side of the trade (those insured and hedging with these instruments).