Managing risk in reinsurance : from city fires to global warming /
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017. ©2017 |
| Description: | xiv, 361 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Reinsurance. Reinsurance -- History. Risk management. Risk management. Reinsurance. History. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10995999 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- 1. Risk and Reinsurance
- 2. The Cultural Context of Insurance in the West
- 3. The Evolution of the Industry Structure
- 4. The Monetary and Financial Environment, 1860-2013
- 5. Calculating the Unpredictable: History of Actuarial Theories and Practices in Reinsurance
- 6. The Rise and Decline of Treaty Reinsurance: Changing Roles of Reinsurers as Financial Service Providers
- 7. From Gentlemen's Agreement to Judicial Instrument: The History of Contract Practice and Conflict Resolution in Reinsurance
- 8. Reinsurance Law as an Autonomous Regulatory Regime? Resistance to Codification and Avoidance of State Jurisdiction in the Twentieth Century
- 9. What is an Insurable Risk? Swiss Re and Atomic Reactor Insurance
- 10. Natural Catastrophes and their Effects on Reinsurance
- 11. Continuity and Change in Reinsurance 1990-2016
- Appendix
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography
- Index
