Frein catastrophe

16:00 May 18, 2012 

It limits the pool's exposure to a fixed amount for any one loss, and is usually determined by analysis of the previous years' experience.

08:02 May 18, 2012 

Thanks Daryo - Your discussion entry put me on the right track and I found "stoploss" practically immediately. If you enter your remarks as an answer I can give you the points

22:14 May 17, 2012 

to be really sure you would have to get hold of the author.
second best find some "conditions generales de reassurance" you might find the term used in context.
I would more think along the lines of "exclusion of major disasters" the idea being - if the insured damage is too big, let just one company sink, instead of dragging down all the insurance companies in the pool.