The Palgrave Handbook of Unconventional Risk Transfer offers a comprehensive analysis of the latest techniques and strategies for leveraging the risk transfer capacities of global financial and capital markets. In light of the financial crises and global recession of recent years, the context of non-traditional risk transfer instruments developed over the past two decades is examined in detail. The handbook brings together contributions from esteemed academics and professionals from around the world, covering topics such as securitization, financial risk management, innovation, structured finance, and derivatives, as well as the management of life and non-life risks. Additionally, aspects such as market and financial reinsurance, catastrophe risk management, crisis management, and natural, environmental, and man-made risks are addressed. This handbook is aimed at academics, researchers, and practitioners in the field of risk transfer.