Global diversification of financial institutions, including the insurance sector, has proven beneficial to many … distribution channels. This paper aims to critically evaluate the liberalisation process of India's insurance sector and the impact … it has had on the sector, both life and non-life segments. As India is in the process of opening its insurance sector to …

We analyze a reform of insurance companies' capital requirements for mortgage-backed securities. First, credit ratings … were replaced as inputs to capital regulation. Second, the redesigned system ensures capital buffers sufficient to …, we document that insurers' risk taking was distorted and increased in response to the new regulation …

contract terms regulation. These measures were meant for removing the obstacles to competition within and between the insurance …The German insurance market was liberalized in 1994 by the introduction of the "single passport" allowing European … insurers to operate throughout the entire European Union. The European directive put also an end to price and insurance …

investment in insurance products, the dominant position of public sector insurers and their deteriorating financial health are …India's insurance sector has been growing dynamically in the last couple of years. Despite the suite of reforms that … have been implemented to stoke the sector's growth, it still has a long way to go, as its share in the global insurance …

, while one is concerned with determinants of investment in ICT networks. The study uses German firm-level data and regional …