Barrages are hydraulic structures constructed across rivers to divert flow into irrigation canals or power generation channels. The most of these structures are founded on permeable foundation. The optimum cost of these structures is nonlinear function of factors that cause the seepage forces...

Groundwater pollution sources are characterized by spatially and temporally varying source locations, injection rates, and duration of activity. Concentration measurement data at specified observation locations are generally utilized to identify these sources characteristics. Identification of...

This Geneva Association “insurance reader on the credit crisis” has been put togetheras a reaction to the widespread demand for reliable information on and an intellectualappreciation of the insurance sector’s involvement in the credit crisis. Since the end of2007, The Geneva Association...

At the General Assembly of the Geneva Association held 28-31 May 2008 in Hamilton, Bermuda, the CEOs of the world's leading insurance and reinsurance companies decided to launch a new research project on climate change and its economic impact on insurance (CC+I). This initiative reflects one of...

Insurers and banks are both suppliers of financial services and constitute together thebulk of the financial services industry. As such, they share certain common traits and,consequently, are often analyzed together. At the same time, they differ markedly in certainrespects, insurance and...

Description of New international regulatory landscape and the IAIS response to challenges for insurance supervisors.

New Supervisory Architecture, European System of Financial Supervision, European Sytsematic Risk Bord, European Supervisory Authorities.

Leader's Statement of the G20 Pittsburgh Summit, What's Systemic Risk, Framework for Mitigating Systemic Risk, Japanese Safety-net for Deposit-taking Financial Institutions...

Background, International prespective, UK developments, Striking a balance, Looking ahead - Solvency II...