No Explosive Growth Yet, But Risk-Linked Securities Remain Viable Option The New York-based Bond Market Association is holding its annual risk-linked securities conference this week, and one of the topics on the meeting's agenda will be the growth of insurance securitization.

The discussion comes at a time when the market for risk-linked securities–whose most common transaction type is catastrophe-linked bonds used by insurers to transfer risks–has not yet taken off as many had predicted.

But nonetheless, the market has shown a steady growth in the last few years and remains a viable complement and even an alternative to the traditional reinsurance arrangement, industry experts said.

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