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Handbook of International Insurance (eBook, PDF)

Between Global Dynamics and Local Contingencies

Redaktion: Cummins, J. David; Venard, Bertrand

Beschreibung

Insurance and financial markets have been radically and deeply changed in the last 20 years. This book increases understanding of insurance markets by adopting an international comparative approach. It is the first book in the market about the topic (regulation and reinsurance), and includes chapters written by scholars and practitioners in the major insurance markets worldwide, including Europe, the Americas and Asia. The book also provides important 'new' information on the evolution of the global financial sector. Setting the stage is an overview chapter by the editors focusing on overall conclusions on globalization. Offering a unique source of information on the evolution of insurance markets, this book provides valuable perspectives for scholars, practitioners, and policy makers.

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• Größe: 148.18MB

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• Text-to-Speech

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 982
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780387341637
• Artikelnr.: 37287359

Rezensionen

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)