Weather Risk Solutions for Emerging Markets

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Weather Risk Solutions for Emerging Markets
Marcel Stäheli Head Non-US
Weather Trading Environmental Commodity
Markets
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Environmental Commodity Market (ECM)
Specialities
ECMZurich 4 Team Members
ECM New York 6 Team Members
WorldwideAgro Team 12 Team Members
ECM Mumbai 1 Team Member
Environmental and Commodity Markets covers a few
different areas including 1) Weather and energy
2) Emissions 3) ELPRO (contingent power price
options) 4) In cooperation with Agro team à cross
selling product innovation Swiss Re is active
in both end-user and secondary markets.
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Swiss Res Experience in Non-Emerging Weather
Markets
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Swiss Res Experience in the Indian Weather Market

• First deal in 2004 with Basix (microfinance
  institution)
• Since then 19 more deals closed
• Estimated market growth 2005 to 2006 by 1000
• Offers a viable alternative to the traditional
  crop insurance market and has the potential to
  extend beyond the agriculture sector up into the
  corporate end-user market
• Huge potential for Rural Micro - Insurance

Swiss Re is heavily supporting this development
by 1) offering new products to Agro sector and 2)
fostering a competitive non-exclusive market
environment
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Contact Information
Swiss Reinsurance Company Mythenquai
50/60 CH-8022 Zurich Marcel Stäheli Head Non-US
Weather Trading Tel [phone] Fax 41
(0)43 282 4370 E-mail M_Staeheli_at_swissre.com