This article analyzes the role of the insurance market in the conformation of state regulations, responsible for the … creation of frontiers between legal and illegal practices in Brazil, with a focus on car insurance as well as the industry …, and the attempts to criminalize vehicle protection products, known as pirated or parallel insurance (seguro pirata or …

insurance markets. Based on 20 years of insurance premium data from 180 countries, and a similar wealth of data on institutions … and financial market development, the paper presents important correlates of insurance market development. Although the … analysis cannot identify which factors directly cause insurance market growth, the results suggest that interventions aimed at …