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Author:   J. David Cummins ,  Bertrand Venard
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2007
Volume:   26
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 5.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.520kg
ISBN:  

9781489978981

ISBN 10:   1489978984
Pages:   982
Publication Date:   22 October 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

International Insurance Markets: Between Global Dynamics and Local Contingencies—An Introduction.- The United States Insurance Market: Characteristics and Trends.- The Japanese Insurance Market and Companies: Recent Trends.- The UK Insurance Industry—Structure and Performance.- The French Insurance Market: Background and Trends.- The German Insurance Industry: Market Overview and Trends.- The Italian Insurance Sector between Macro and Micro Facts: Salient Features, Recent Trends, and an Econometric Analysis.- A Descriptive Analysis of Canadian Insurance Markets.- Insurance in the Netherlands: Market Structure and Recent Developments.- The Structure, Conduct, and Performance of the Spanish Insurance Industry.- The Insurance Market in the Republic of Ireland.- China’s Insurance Industry: Developments and Prospects.- An Analysis of the Evolution of Insurance in India.- South African Insurance Markets.- Recent Developments in the Brazilian Insurance Market.- European Insurance Markets: Recent Trends and Future Regulatory Developments.- South and East Asian Insurance Market Growth and Development.- The Global Reinsurance Market.- Lloyd’s and the London Insurance Market: An Overview.- An Overview of the Alternative Risk Transfer Market.

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From the reviews: This volume consists of an impressive collection of chapters on insurance markets . the Handbook can serve as a useful reference for researchers and practitioners . Overall, this Handbook fulfills its role as an encyclopedic collection of information that will be useful to insurance market students, researchers, and practitioners. it will do well on the bookshelves of all market participants who seek to understand the increasingly global insurance market. (Greg Nini, Journal of Pension Economics & Finance, Vol. 7 (3), November, 2008)

Author Information

J. David Cummins-Harry J. Loman Professor of Insurance and Risk Management Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, July 1983 - present Executive Director, S. S. Huebner Foundation for Insurance Education July 1988 - present Consultant, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, September 2000-August 2001. Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2002-2003. Metzler Chair, University of Frankfurt, Germany, summer 2000. Associate Editor, Journal of Risk and Insurance, 1998-present. Fellow, Wharton Financial Institutions Center, 1996-present. Editor, Huebner International Series on Risk, Insurance and Economic Security (series of scholarly books published by Kluwer Academic Publishers)  etc. Bertrand Venard- 2003 to 2005 Visiting Research Fellow, Wharton Business School, USA (see below for details). 2002 - now Professor of Management, AUDENCIA, Nantes School of Management, France. This school is amongst the top five in France. 2000 - 2001 Visiting Professor, London Business School, UK. 1996 - 2002 Professor of Management, ESSCA, France. ESSCA is recognised at the highest level by the «Conférence des Grandes Ecoles» in France.

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