This dissertation consists of four essays on insurance economies. It aims to answer questions in the fields of … insurance transactions (Essays I and IV) as well as insurance operations and strategies (Essays II and III). These questions are … relevant both to the insurance academic community and to the insurance industry. The methodologies explored in the dissertation …

performance over time despite the volatility of the reinsurance industry. Maximizing economic value required that decision makers …

-border reinsurance services has led to a new development in insurance law: A carefully defined area of insurance law, the area of …This paper researches a developing issue in regulatory cross-border reinsurance law: What is the approach taken by the … standards on reinsurance solvency rules. In order to address the first, broader question, the paper presents the actual state of …

It has been said that insurance is the last of the financial services to accept radical change. Yet there has been a … fundamental shift in the geographical location and in the organization of the reinsurance industry in the last six years. Global … diversify using traditional insurance practices …