Title :
Insurance issues for energy risk
Author :
Braun, Harald ; Lai, Loi Lei
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Math. Sci., City Univ., London
Abstract :
This paper is a survey of insurance options for the deregulated energy market. Decision makers and engineers in the energy sector have a need for risk management and require up-to-date information of available risk transfer options from the insurance industry. This paper is summarising the risks energy companies are facing and what cover is available. It also outlines some options that risk managers have, how deregulation is affecting the insurance industry and how new energy technologies are impacting the insurance market
Keywords :
decision making; insurance; power markets; risk management; decision makers; deregulated energy market; energy risk; energy sector; insurance industry; risk management; risk transfer options; Business; Companies; Energy management; Energy resources; Insurance; Portfolios; Power engineering and energy; Risk management; Technology management; Wind energy generation; Deregulation; Energy Risk; Insurance; Investor Owned Utilities (IOU); Risk Analysis; Risk Management;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2006. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0493-2
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2006.1709025
