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      A Review of Catastrophic Risks for Life Insurers

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      Journal: Risk Management and Insurance Review
      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc.

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          Catastrophic mortality events are characterized by a sudden and concentrated increase in mortality and as such present a major risk to life insurers. Such events include pandemics, war, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and industrial, transport, and other accidents. Of these, pandemics arising from influenza are considered the most significant threat to the life insurance industry due to their capacity to cause a major increase in claims. We review the features and mortality implications of an influenza pandemic for life insurers, and describe a range of other risks that are likely to emerge as well.

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          Isolation and characterization of viruses related to the SARS coronavirus from animals in southern China.

          Y Guan (2003)
          A novel coronavirus (SCoV) is the etiological agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). SCoV-like viruses were isolated from Himalayan palm civets found in a live-animal market in Guangdong, China. Evidence of virus infection was also detected in other animals (including a raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides) and in humans working at the same market. All the animal isolates retain a 29-nucleotide sequence that is not found in most human isolates. The detection of SCoV-like viruses in small, live wild mammals in a retail market indicates a route of interspecies transmission, although the natural reservoir is not known.
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            1918 Influenza: the Mother of All Pandemics

            Jeffery K Taubenberger, David M. Morens (2006)
            The "Spanish" influenza pandemic of 1918–1919, which caused ≈50 million deaths worldwide, remains an ominous warning to public health. Many questions about its origins, its unusual epidemiologic features, and the basis of its pathogenicity remain unanswered. The public health implications of the pandemic therefore remain in doubt even as we now grapple with the feared emergence of a pandemic caused by H5N1 or other virus. However, new information about the 1918 virus is emerging, for example, sequencing of the entire genome from archival autopsy tissues. But, the viral genome alone is unlikely to provide answers to some critical questions. Understanding the 1918 pandemic and its implications for future pandemics requires careful experimentation and in-depth historical analysis.
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              Updating the accounts: global mortality of the 1918-1920 "Spanish" influenza pandemic.

              Juergen Mueller, Justin S. Hogg (2001)
              The influenza pandemic of 1918-20 is recognized as having generally taken place in three waves, starting in the northern spring and summer of 1918. This pattern of three waves, however, was not universal: in some locations influenza seems to have persisted into or returned in 1920. The recorded statistics of influenza morbidity and mortality are likely to be a significant understatement. Limitations of these data can include nonregistration, missing records, misdiagnosis, and nonmedical certification, and may also vary greatly between locations. Further research has seen the consistent upward revision of the estimated global mortality of the pandemic, which a 1920s calculation put in the vicinity of 21.5 million. A 1991 paper revised the mortality as being in the range 24.7-39.3 million. This paper suggests that it was of the order of 50 million. However, it must be acknowledged that even this vast figure may be substantially lower than the real toll, perhaps as much as 100 percent understated.
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                Journal ID (doi): 10.1111/(ISSN)1540-6296
                Journal ID (publisher-id): RMIR
                Title: Risk Management and Insurance Review
                Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc. (Hoboken )
                ISSN (Print): 1098-1616
                ISSN (Electronic): 1540-6296
                Publication date (Electronic): 21 October 2013
                Publication date (Print): Fall 2013
                Volume: 16
                Issue: 2 ( doiID: 10.1111/rmir.2013.16.issue-2 )
                Pages: 233-266
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                Publisher ID: RMIR12011
                DOI: 10.1111/rmir.12011
                PMC ID: 7169237
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