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The value of risk : swiss re and the history of reinsurance / Harold James [and three others], editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Borscheid, Peter, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Swiss Re (Firm).
- Reinsurance.
- Reinsurance--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (497 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title explains how today's insurance industry developed and highlights the role of the reinsurance industry in spreading risks globally. It examines the development of insurance markets and of the reinsurance industry in particular, and the history of Swiss Re, one of the leading reinsurance companies in the world.
- Contents:
- Cover; THE VALUE OF RISK: Swiss Re and the History of Reinsurance; Copyright; PREFACE ; CONTENTS ; LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES IN APPENDIX ; LIST OF PLATES ; LIST OF PERMISSION CREDITS
- INTRODUCTION: THE INSURING INSTINCT 1 PERCEIVING RISK ; 2 ORGANIZING RISK ; 3 THE JOINT-STOCK PRINCIPLE ; 4 REINSURANCE
- 5 INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MOBILITY AND THE PROBLEM OF YIELD 6 A NEW GLOBALIZATION AND THE FINANCIAL REVOLUTION
- PART I: GLOBAL INSURANCE NETWORKS CHAPTER 1: THE EARLY YEARS ; 1 THE BEGINNINGS-ON THE TRAIL OF SUGAR
- 2 ENLIGHTENED-AND MORE WILLING TO TAKE RISKS 3 SIDE BY SIDE-IN THE WAKE OF INTERCONTINENTAL TRADE
- 4 NETWORKING-THE BEGINNINGS OF REINSURANCE
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-100399-9
- OCLC:
- 879202704
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