CAT Bonds Market – legal framework and perspectives

Sovilj, Ranko (2021) CAT Bonds Market – legal framework and perspectives. Pravo i privreda, 59 (2). pp. 141-160. ISSN 0354-3501

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Abstract

The paper analyses the legal aspects of the status of the catastrophe bonds market. Cat bonds are innovative instruments of securitization, which play а significant role in the financing of natural disasters. Some of the advantages of catastrophe bonds issue are the possibility of expanding risk transfer, reducing credit risk exposure and improving capital management. The aim of research is to point out the possible ways of efficient financing of catastrophic losses, such as the issue of catastrophe bonds. Тhe paper will analyse the principal characteristics of cat bonds, as a significant instrument in connecting capital market with the insurance market. The author considered the current situation at the international and national level. Considering the tendencies in the international capital market, the author concluded that in the Republic of Serbia there is a legal gap and lack of harmonization of the existing legislation, which prevents the issue of catastrophe bonds.

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