TY - BOOK TI - Management of catasrophic risks using pooled insurance structures and alternative financing & risk transfer mechanisms : the reinsurance market and the case of the Caribbean region PY - 2000/// CY - [S.l.] PB - [s.n.] N1 - Bibliography: p.77-78. Located in the Office of the Secretary-General N2 - Concludes that the risk management options examined can lead to real benefits to all participants in the insurance markets. Notes that some minimum pre-conditions such as: a sound and strong insurance regulatory framework; enforcement of prudent risk managment practices; objective and verifiable criteria for measuring and recording losses; and, implemenation and enforcement of protective structural measure and construction codes; are essential for assuring the integrity of any participatory insurance scheme ER -