This paper analyses the impact of insurance sector development on economic growth based on a sample that includes 14 … employed and led to the following conclusions: (1) life insurance has no significant effect on economic growth in both panel … and individual countries, (2) non-life insurance positively affects economic growth in both panel and individual countries …

.3%-0.4%. Mandatory insurance regimes in Europe absorb the negative short-run effect of a flood, while the National Flood Insurance … ; insurance ; dynamic panel GMM …

London are grouped into Syndicates in order to undertake insurance liabilities. In this study, the Syndicate is regarded as … the counterpart of an insurance company in a regular insurance market. The analysis covers a period of eight years between …

Insurance products are distributed both by independent and dependent agents, although the use of independent agents is …. -- Insurance intermediation ; service quality ; distribution systems …

can be used to self-insure, substituting for both formal and informal insurance. We investigate this question using a … remittances, which supports the idea that remittances act as (self-) insurance. We also show that purchasing formal funeral cover … is influenced by other risk management strategies and that determinants of informal insurance differ from those of formal …