Typhoon-Lashed Philippines Taps Catastrophe Bonds

  • World Bank helped get up to $225 million of disaster insurance
  • Philippines is among the world’s most calamity-prone nations

Floodin in Manila in August.

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The Philippines, among the world’s most disaster-prone nations, sold its maiden foreign-currency catastrophe-linked bonds to help cover costs of major calamities, in conjunction with the World Bank.