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Providing pandemic business interruption coverage with double trigger cat bonds

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The aim of this paper is to show how qualified investors in cat bonds can offer adequate pandemic business interruption protection in a comprehensive public–private coverage scheme. First, we propose a numerical model to expose how cat bonds can contribute to complement standard re/insurance by improving coverage of cedents even though risks are positively correlated during a pandemic. Second, we introduce double trigger pandemic business interruption cat bonds, which we name PBI bonds, and discuss their precise characteristics to provide efficient coverage. A first trigger should be pulled when the World Health Organization declares a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The second trigger determines the payout of the bond based on the modelised business interruption losses of an industry in a country. We discuss moral hazard, basis risk, correlation and liquidity issues which are critical in the context of a pandemic. Third, we simulate the life of theoretical PBI bonds in the restaurant industry in France by using data gathered during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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hal-04271405 , version 1 (06-11-2023)

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André Schmitt, Sandrine Spaeter. Providing pandemic business interruption coverage with double trigger cat bonds. Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2023, 48 (3), pp.687-713. ⟨10.1057/s41288-023-00299-5⟩. ⟨hal-04271405⟩
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