Some Aspects of the Economics of Catastrophe Risk Insurance -- Industrial, Technological and Other Catastrophes -- Recent Trends in the Catastrophic Risk Insurance / Reinsurance Market -- Insurance of Atmospheric Perils – Challenges Ahead -- National Security and Compensation Policy for Terrorism Losses -- Current State of the Coverage for War and Terrorism Risks in the Aviation Sector -- Terrorism Insurance -- Current Challenges in the Securitization of Terrorism Risk -- Financing Disaster Risks in Developing and Emerging Economy Countries -- The Potential for New Derivatives Instruments to Cover Terrorism Risks -- Catastrophic Risk Securitization -- Comparative Analysis of Large Scale Catastrophe Compensation Schemes -- Rapid Onset Natural Disasters -- Designing a Disaster Insurance Pool -- The French Experience in the Management and Compensation of Large Scale Disasters -- Disaster Risk Management in Japan -- Natural Disasters Fund (FONDEN) -- The Spanish Experience in the Management of Extraordinary Risks, Including Terrorism -- The Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool TCIP and Compulsory Earthquake Insurance Scheme -- Natural Disasters and Disaster Relief Policy in China -- Disaster Management in India -- Management of Extraordinary Risks Including Terrorism, in India Achievements and Perspectives -- Earthquake Risk Management Policy in Indonesia -- Disaster Risk Management Policy in the Philippines -- Annex 1.

These proceedings, based on a conference held in November 2004 at OECD in Paris, present leading academic analysis as well as government and private sector information and experience-sharing on how governments and the financial and insurance sectors can deal with losses caused by terrorism, atmosperic perils, and other large-scale risks.