ABOUT THE BOOK

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    Accession Number

 B5081

    Title

 Insurance: From Underwriting To Derivatives

    Author

 Briys, Eric/ Varenne, Francois De

    Publisher

 John Wiley & Sons Ltd

    ISBN

 0-471-49227-2

     Summary

Over recent years the insurance industry has faced a period of rapid change and consolidation, with recent natural and man-made disasters highlighting the problems that the industry faces. Yet this has also been a time of opportunity with the traditional role of insurance giving way to its classification as an asset class. This has resulted in insurance risks now being priced and exchanged on the markets. In this book, the authors analyze the convergence between the insurance industry and the capital markets. They summarize the main trends and issues and analyze past events within the industry. Thus, they demonstrate that the current market pressures on insurance companies do not just create challenges but also new opportunities.