World insurance : the evolution of a global risk network / edited by Peter Borscheid and Niels Viggo Haueter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Borscheid, Peter.

Haueter, Niels Viggo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investments, Foreign--Political aspects.

Investments, Foreign.

Country risk.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (746 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Evolution of a global risk network

Place of Publication:

Oxford, Eng. ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Traces the history and development of the international insurance and re-insurance business.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; 1. Introduction; PART I: EUROPE; 2. Europe: Overview; 3. United Kingdom: Pioneering insurance internationally; 4. Germany: Insurance, expansion, and setbacks; 5. France: Insurance and the French financial networks; 6. Switzerland: Insurance and the need to export; 7. Italy: Building on a long insurance heritage; 8. Spain: International inflence on the domestic insurance market; 9. Russia: Early expansion, state involvement, and re-emergence of the insurance industry; PART II: NORTH AMERICA; 10. North America: Overview

11. Canada: Taking life insurance abroad12. USA: The international attraction of the US insurance market; PART III: SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; 13. Sub-Saharan Africa: Overview; 14. South Africa: Leading African insurance; PART IV: MIDDLE EAST AND NORTHERN AFRICA; 15. Middle East and Northern Africa: Overview; 16. Maghreb: Naturalizing insurance in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia; 17. United Arab Emirates: Economic boom and insurance; PART V: FAR EAST AND PACIFIC; 18. Far East and Pacific: Overview; 19. India: From a colonial outpost to a leading market; 20. China: The indigenization of insurance

21. Japan: The role of insurance in the rapid modernization of Japan22. Korea: Insurance in a tiger market; 23. Australia and New Zealand: A tradition continued-creating a domestic insurance market; PART VI: LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN; 24. Latin America and Caribbean: Overview; 25. Brazil: The resilience of the Brazilian insurance market; 26. Mexico: A history of the insurance industry in Mexico; 27. Argentina: The changing fortunes of the Argentinian insurance market; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 24, 2012).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-163230-9

1-283-58891-9

9786613901361

OCLC:

922971599