Insurance and Issues in Financial Soundness /

This paper explores insurance as a source of financial system vulnerability. It provides a brief overview of the insurance industry and reviews the risks it faces, as well as several recent failures of insurance companies that had systemic implications. Assimilation of banking-type activities by lif...

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Autore principale: Das, Udaibir
Altri autori: Davies, Nigel, Podpiera, Richard
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/138
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF