The insurance sector plays a growing role in national economies. This reinforces the importance of the solvency of … insurance companies. Yet how can we stay informed about the rules and practices related to the supervision of the financial … health of these insurance companies in OECD countries? This publication synthesises contributions made by the 30 OECD …

On the basis of a real high stakes insurance experiment with small probabilities of losses, we demonstrate that concern … is a more important driver of WTP for insurance than subjective probability estimates when there is ambiguity surrounding … probability insurance "puzzle" well known from the literature, where a part of individuals pays too much and a part nothing for …

, governments and international organizations. This report focuses on the role of insurance and reinsurance companies in the … various environmental pollution insurance products and techniques developed in response to legal and factual evolutions. In … addition, it describes the special features of natural catastrophe risks, the role of traditional insurance markets in the …

Insurance data include: all gross insurance premiums and those relating only to direct insurance; spending on insurance … per capita; and the market share of national insurance by country, relative to the OECD market total. …

the difficult area of applying income taxation to the life and property and casualty insurance industries. Particularly in … the case of life insurance, OECD countries have pursued a variety of methods to try to tax the income arising in insurance …

also known as the equity multiplier ratio (or financial leverage). The banking sector covers the central bank, and monetary … financial institutions, as well as other financial intermediaries (except insurance corporations and pension funds). The …