The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice

1990 - 2025

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Volume 25, issue 4, 2000

The WTO's Financial Services Agreement and the Imperative of Further Liberalization of Trade in Insurance and Reinsurance pp. 473-481

Max Taylor

Insurance Regulation in the Public Interest: The Path Towards Solvent, Competitive Markets&ast pp. 482-504

Harold D Skipper and Robert W Klein

U.S. Regulatory Proposal: Insurance Securitizations—Reinsurers' Perspective Outline&ast pp. 505-516

Bradley L Kading and Joseph B Sieverling

A Model for the Detection of Insurance Fraud&ast pp. 517-538

El Bachir Belhadji, Georges Dionne and Faouzi Tarkhani

Measuring Value Added in the Pensions Industry pp. 539-567

David Blake and John Board

Comment on the Article ‘Measuring Value Added in the Pensions Industry’ pp. 568-569

Matti Ruohonen

Natural Disasters: Lessons from the Past – Concerns for the Future pp. 570-581

Wolfgang Kron

Climate Change and the Insurance Industry&ast pp. 582-601

A. F Dlugolecki

Implementing the Kyoto Mechanisms: Potential Contributions by Banks and Insurance Companies pp. 602-618

Josef Janssen

Global Climate Change: Uncovering Hidden Investment Risk and Opportunity&ast pp. 619-628

Martin Whittaker

Risk Management, Financial Markets and Insurance: The Hidden Linkages pp. 629-636

Peter L Bernstein

Volume 25, issue 3, 2000

The Present Situation of Insurance in India and Developments in Private Insurance in the Next Five to Ten Years pp. 315-334

Praveen Gupta

China’s Insurance Market: Opportunity, Competition and Market Trends pp. 335-355

Yiming Shen

The Twenty-First Century General Insurance Scenario in the Third World: The Case Study of the Indian Market pp. 356-368

R D Samarth

European Merger Controls in Liberalized and Deregulated Insurance Markets: The Decision-Making Practice of the European Commission and the Future Outlook for the Delineation of the Market pp. 369-395

Frank Altemöller

The S-Curve Relation Between Per-Capita Income and Insurance Penetration pp. 396-406

Rudolf Enz

The Lifetime Redistributive Impact of Capital-Funded Dutch Supplementary Pensions&ast pp. 407-423

Jan Nelissen

Evaluating the Long-Term Risk of Equity Investments in a Portfolio Insurance Framework pp. 424-438

Manuel Ammann and Heinz Zimmermann

U.S. Alternative Risk Management Products: A Reinsurance Perspective&ast pp. 439-450

Bradley L Kading and Debra J Hall

Remarks on Reinsurance Decisions with Multiple Objectives: Preference Modelling and Defining Objectives pp. 451-471

Matthias Graumann

Volume 25, issue 2, 2000

Introduction to the Law and Economics Issue, Year 2000 pp. 163-165

Gõran Skogh and Roger Van den Bergh

On the Social Function and the Regulation of Liability Insurance pp. 166-179

Steven Shavell

Private Arrangements to Cover Large-scale Liabilities Caused by Nuclear and Other Industrial Catastrophes pp. 180-195

Marcus Radetzki and Marian Radetzki

Capping Environmental Liability: The Case of North American Nuclear Power pp. 196-202

Anthony Heyes and Catherine Liston-Heyes

Global Change, Natural Disasters and Loss-sharing: Issues of Efficiency and Equity pp. 203-219

Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer and Aniello Amendola

Environmental Harm and Financial Responsibility&ast pp. 220-234

Eberhard Feess and Ulrich Hege

Large Companies and Insurance Purchases: Some Survey Evidence&ast pp. 235-250

Brian G M Main

Risk Neutrality and Strategic Insurance pp. 251-261

Roland Kirstein

Convergence in the Financial Services Industry&ast pp. 262-272

Lutgart van Den Berghe and Kurt Verweire

Weather Derivatives: A Risk Management Tool for Weather-sensitive Industries pp. 273-287

Andreas Müller and Marcel Grandi

To Insure or not to Insure? Considerations on Irrational Strategies to Take Out Insurance pp. 288-295

Michael Theil

The Consensus Agenda for International Financial Stability pp. 296-313

Elliot Schwartz

Volume 25, issue 1, 2000

Introduction: Leaping Forward into the New Century pp. 1-3

Orio Giarini

The Cost of Capital for Insurance Companies pp. 4-24

Walter Kielholz

Comments on the Cost of Capital pp. 25-33

Jozef De Mey

Capital Management and the Cost of Capital for the Insurance Industry pp. 34-37

Age Korsvold

The Impact of Low Interest Rates on Insurers pp. 38-58

Jan H Holsboer

The Implications of Lower Interest Rates for Insurers: A Comment pp. 59-62

Gerry Dickinson

Consequences of the Reduction of Interest Rates on Insurance pp. 63-77

Sergio Siglienti

The 1997 World Trade Organization Accord on Financial Services: Its Impact on and Implications for the World Insurance Industry&ast pp. 78-103

R Brian Woodrow

International Investment, Trade Liberalization and Competition: Some Issues for the Insurance Sector to Consider pp. 104-115

Julian Arkell

Optimal Health Insurance pp. 116-127

Mark V Pauly

Environmental Liability Risk Management for the 21st Century pp. 128-135

Timothy Cuddihy

The Catastrophe Risk Exchange (Catex) in New York: An Exchange and Electronic Processing System for Reinsurance Business pp. 136-153

Carsten Kretzler and Fred Wagner

Effects of the Euro on the Insurance Industry&ast pp. 154-162

Klaus-Wilhelm Knauth

Volume 24, issue 4, 1999

Editorial pp. 437-438

Genevieve Reday-Mulvey

Social Security and Private Insurance: The Great Change pp. 439-447

Denis Kessler

The Future of Pensions and Retirement in Europe: Towards Productive Ageing pp. 448-460

Alan Walker

Exit from the Labor Force for Older Workers: Can the NDC Pension System Help? pp. 461-472

Edward Palmer

From PAYG to Funding in Italy: A Feasible Transition? pp. 473-487

Onorato Castellino and Elsa Fornero

The Swiss Pension Scheme: Long-term Security Through Reform pp. 488-494

M Verena Brombacher Steiner

Recent Reforms in Financing Pensions in Central and Eastern Europe pp. 495-509

Jens Bastian

The Reality of Retirement in the United States: Lessons in Planning for Tomorrow pp. 510-527

Paul J Yakoboski

Chile: Controversy, Difficulty and Solutions pp. 528-533

David Callund

New Developments in Europe for Employment at End-of-Career pp. 534-542

Robert Anderson

End-of-Career Management in German Enterprise pp. 543-550

Karl Kuhn

Recent Trends in the Labour Force Participation of Older People in the UK pp. 551-579

Philip Taylor and Peter Urwin

Volume 24, issue 3, 1999

Repositioning of the Insurance Industry in the Financial Sector and its Economic Role pp. 243-290

Jan H Holsboer

The Insurance Industry in the Financial Services Market pp. 291-299

Thomas Wellauer

A Comparison of the Main European Financial Groups pp. 300-305

João Talone

Disability Solutions on a Global Scale pp. 306-321

James F Orr

The Privatization of Social Security pp. 322-326

Kurt Biedenkopf

Portfolio Choice Models of Pension Funds and Life Assurance Companies: Similarities and Differences pp. 327-357

David Blake

Annuity Markets: Problems and Solutions pp. 358-375

David Blake

The Ubiquitous Role of Risk Management in the Modern Economy pp. 376-382

Jim Bannister

Need for Risk Management by Governments: A Challenge for the 21st Century pp. 383-396

Tom Wilmot and Tony Paish

Catastrophic Effects of Environmental Damage and their Consequences pp. 397-406

Werner Schenkel

Ten Years of EMF Discussion in the Insurance Industry: Quo Vadis? pp. 407-416

Dieter Kohl

Competing Through Marketing Adoption: A Comparative Study of Insurance Companies in Belgium and Spain pp. 417-435

Clara-E García, Jaime Rivera Camino and Victor Molero

Volume 24, issue 2, 1999

Risk, Time, and Reversibility pp. 131-139

Peter L Bernstein

A Comment on Peter Bernstein's “Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk” pp. 140-144

Orio Giarini

The Development of European Private Sector Insurance over the Last 25 Years and the Conclusions that Can be Drawn for Business Management Theory of Insurance Companies pp. 145-162

Dieter Farny

Some Observations Concerning the Privatization of Social Security Systems pp. 163-166

Klaus Heubeck

A Bill for the Reform of the German Insurance Contracts Act – Separation of Investment Activities and Risk Business pp. 167-181

Dieter Hesberg and Walter Karten

Discounted Downside Risk: The Time Dimension of Asset–Liability Management pp. 182-188

Robert van der Meer and Meije Smink

The Influence of Information Highways on Management Practice in the Insurance Industry pp. 189-202

Bertrand Venard

Risk Management and Insurance Solutions for Space and Satellite Projects pp. 203-215

Oliver Schoffski and Andre Georg Wegener

Government Ownership of Insurance Companies in Nigeria: A Critique pp. 216-227

Chibuike Ugochukwu Uche

Insurance Spirals and the London Market pp. 228-242

A D Bain

Volume 24, issue 1, 1999

A New Venture for the Geneva Papers pp. 1-1

Orio Giarini

Intergenerational Transmission Models: A Survey pp. 2-26

Anne Laferrere

Wealth Accumulation by Age Cohort in the U.S., 1962–1992: The Role of Savings, Capital Gains and Intergenerational Transfers pp. 27-49

Edward Wolff

Bequests and Aggregate Wealth Accumulation in Germany pp. 50-63

Anette Reil-Held

Age, Wealth Inequality and Life-Cycle Modelling pp. 64-76

James Davies

Survey Information on Household Assets: Some Irish Lessons pp. 77-94

Brian Nolan

Mandating Retirement Provision: The Australian Experience pp. 95-113

Hazel Bateman and John Piggott

Privatizing Social Security: A Critical Assessment pp. 114-130

Pascal Belan and Pierre Pestieau