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catastrophe bonds

catastrophe bonds is the plural of catastrophe bond.

Meaning of catastrophe bond

Noun

catastrophe bond (plural catastrophe bonds)

  1. A risk-linked security that transfers risk related to disasters from the issuer, typically an insurance company, to investors. Such bonds and reinsurance are backstops to insurer insolvency from unexpectedly large losses.
    • As the Trump administration stalls federal funding for projects intended to make states more resilient to climate change and private insurers decline to cover properties in high-risk zones, North Carolina just proved there’s another way to fund disaster preparedness: a $600 million catastrophe bond...2025 December 1, Leslie Kaufman, “How ‘Super Roofs’ Reward Insurers, Cat Bond Investors and Homeowners. Investors snapped up a catastrophe bond tied to North Carolina homeowners and their insurer for...
    Synonyms:
    cat bond

Questions about catastrophe bonds

What is catastrophe bonds the plural of?
Catastrophe bonds is the plural of catastrophe bond.

Words near catastrophe bonds in the dictionary

  1. catasterizes
  2. catasterizing
  3. catastrophal
  4. catastrophe
  5. catastrophe bond
  6. catastrophe bonds
  7. catastrophe theory
  8. catastrophes
  9. catastrophic
  10. catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome
  11. catastrophic backtracking

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