After the second of July : challenges and opportunities for the Fox administration / Carlos Elizondo -- Security and governance : the urgent need for state reform / Raúl Benítez Manaut -- Mexican labor at a crossroads / Katrina Burgess -- Mexico's unfinished symphony : the Zapatista movement /...

This book is an edited collection by leading insurance historians, examining the historical role of reinsurance (the insurance of insurers) in the insurance markets of eight countries: USA, Netherlands, Sweden, France, Spain, Italy, Mexico and Japan. All the contributors are experts in their...