businesses face important costs and losses prompting questions around available insurance coverage and the need for policy … intervention in the future. Insurance is an important financial tools for when extreme events such as disasters occur, making …

This is the first OECD publication dealing with insurance issues in Asia. It provides a unique overview and analysis on … insurance regulation and supervision in Asia. Dedicated studies are included on Brunei, Hong Kong China, Indonesia, Laos, Macau …-quality information and the importance of issues addressed, this set of texts should constitute a reference work on insurance policy for …

This special report assesses the impact of the crisis on the insurance sector and reviews policy responses within OECD … in 2009. The report shows that generallythe insurance sector demonstrated resilience to the crisis, though with some …

, public funding has been reduced or is strictly limited in most countries. Private insurance and pensions products therefore … they are exposed to, and lack literacy, knowledge and skills in insurance and private pensions questions and products. This … by OECD governments, to enhance awareness and education on risk, insurance and private pensions issues. …

This study examines the difficult task 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 companies. This study analyses the policy and technical problems that arise in designing an effective …