Several of the risks currently faced by corporations are shaped by legal rules. Liability rules, for instance, determine the cases in which firms will incur economic losses, either because thay are obliged to compensate for the harm suffered by others, or because they are inflicted monetary...

Explicit guarantees are good for shareholders, policyholders and regulators: increased transparency. The risk management of capital market risks embedded in life (re) contracts is non-trivial. A bank-like operation (hedging platform) is needed for quantification, hedge design and controlling of...