Trends and Gaps in Global Catastrophic Insurance Literature: A Bibliometric Review (2000–2024)

Purpose – The study provides a comprehensive bibliometric review of destruction cover-sellings between 2000 and 2024. It is to sketch the intellectual and thematic landscape of the field, identify its leading contributors, analyse the collaboration structure, mark geographic and thematic gaps, and provide future directions. Catastrophic insurance now becomes core in resilience-building and risk transfer in the face of increasing climate disasters, pandemics, and systemic risks. Design/Methodology/Approach - The data were extracted from the Scopus database using an adapted and well-constructed query search string. PRISMA-based inclusions and exclusions were applied to ensure quality and relevance. Bibliometric analysis was performed in VOSviewer for science mapping (co-authorship, co-citation, keyword co-occurrence), whereas Excel was used to visualize the trends. Performance analysis considered parameters in scientists, journals, institutions, and countries, looking for production and impact. Scientometric concepts such as the Lotka Law or the Bradford Law validated the author production and the journal concentration distribution, respectively. Findings – Catastrophic insurance (Lin et al., 2023)research apparently diversified steadily, with alternating peak moments in 2015–2023, corresponding to global crises, stockpiles, and interests in disaster financing. However, contributions from geographically outside the realm of developed countries remain limited in attracting interest from vulnerable and low-income regions in the market. From the thematic viewpoint, the structure becomes evident: risk modelling, actuarial pricing, and economic assessment dominate, with a lack of representation for issues of public policy and governance, and technological innovations, such as AI, blockchain, or parametric insurance. The collaboration networks are scattered: isolated groups of authors work in their silos, thus contributing enterprisingly little to interdisciplinary integration. Originality/Value – Scientometric principles are applied methodically to the literature on catastrophic insurance in this bibliometric review for the first time. The study contextualizes insurance as a financial and governance mechanism and identifies intellectual trends through integrating quantitative bibliometric mapping with sociological theory (Beck's Risk Society). The review offers a well-organised research agenda on innovation, inclusivity, and interdisciplinarity.