capital loss. However, if such event is not to happen during the life span of a bond then at maturity investors will get back their principal. Except for that, ILS falls under the sidecars, industry loss warranties (ILWs), and mortality bonds.
ILS instruments are still more skewed toward large-scale events, but their characteristics may also make it suitable for personal risk coverage.
Possible Use for Personal Risk Coverage
ILS in personal risk is still an infant but promises to be an alternative to conventional personal insurance products. Here's how one may apply ILS in the coverage of individual risks:
1. Life and Health Risk For other forms of ILS, such as mortality and longevity bonds, the technology for communication of the risk associated with mortality and longevity was already available. The same paradigm can be used to depict customized life and health coverage. For instance, an investor purchases a longevity bond. If the investor lives long enough to attain a certain age, the bond makes a payment, this being a sort of an annuity or life insurance type of product
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