Global Perspectives on Insurance Today [electronic resource] : A Look at National Interest versus Globalization /
Kempler, C.editor.
Flamée, M.editor.
Yang, C.editor.
Windels, P.editor.
Many risks face the global insurance industry today, including the aging populations of developed countries, competition from other financial institutions, and both disparate and quickly changing regulatory demands, to name a few. The book s contributors offer their unique perspectives on challenges confronting the insurance industry and how attendant risks can be most effectively managed.
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Expansion, contraction, consolidation and regulation / Patricia Guinn -- The future of international insurance supervision in light of the financial crisis / Michel Flame and Paul Windels -- Improving regulatory capital requirements : developments in the US / Therese Vaughan -- Solvency II: a balancing act / Pamela Schuermans -- Solvency II: a new regulatory frontier / Paul Sharma and Paolo Cadoni -- The move to market-consistent reporting for insurers / Mark Freedman, Douglas French, Tara Hansen, and Therese Masiello -- Towards a global approach to regulating insurers and reinsurers / Raj Singh -- Toward global reinsurance regulation / Debra Hall and Jerome Berset -- Evolution of insurance group supervision / Monica Machler -- The role of financial conglomerates in the globalization of financial services -- The architecture of group supervision / John Trowbridge -- The IAIS multilateral memorandum of understanding an important tool for cooperation and information exchange between insurance supervisors / Peter Braumuller and Alexander Warzilek -- Uniform treatment of creditors' rights : fundamental to global insurance and reinsurance regulatory advances / Peter Ivanick and Lynn Roberts -- Corporate governance and risk management in the insurance and reinsurance industries / Cecelia Kempler -- Aggregating global risks arising from regulatory disparities / Jerry de St Paer and Michael Mathisen -- Risk culture / Prakash Shimpi and Heike Klappach -- Incorporating capital requirements in risk management / Stephen Lowe -- Securitization and insurance / Marcelo Ramella -- Structuring catastrophe bonds : a functionalist perspective / John Schwolsky and Matthew Stern -- Growth and diversification of the captive insurance market / Peter Neville -- Past, present, and future insurance markets and regulations in China / by Dongmei Chen and Xian Xu -- Financial services firms in India : the road ahead and the challenges / Anita Pennathur -- Insurance underutilization in emerging economies : causes and barriers / Rodolpho Wehrhahn.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Many risks face the global insurance industry today, including the aging populations of developed countries, competition from other financial institutions, and both disparate and quickly changing regulatory demands, to name a few. The book s contributors offer their unique perspectives on challenges confronting the insurance industry and how attendant risks can be most effectively managed.
Accounting.
International business enterprises.
International economics.
Bookkeeping .
Insurance.
Globalization.
Financial Accounting.
International Business.
International Economics.
Accounting/Auditing.
Insurance.
Globalization.