Why reinsurance needs MORE speculation, not less

Why is insurance the only major financial service sector without a derivatives market? Robert C B Miller shows how developing insurance futures and options would be a boon for the reinsurance business

Insurance is an industry unlike others. Insurance prices are not quoted in the financial press, and investors, traders and hedge-fund managers are unable to enter the market, buying the insurance

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