Anatomy of the credit crisis

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In this special Geneva Report, The Geneva Association has assembled a series of key articles written during and on the subject of the credit crisis, compiling them into an insurance "Reader" This Reader provides an insight into the credit crisis from an insurance point of view, looks at its impact on the insurance industry and finally examines the epísode for lessons-learned and concerns that remain. The majority of the articles were written during the crisis and have been published unchanged in order to give a true insight into how thinking developed as the crisis unfolded. It is splít into three sections. The "View from the inside'"comprises articles written on the unfolding of the crisis and looks at how the situation developed. The majority of the articles were written before or just after the collapse of Lehman Brothers. "Insurance as a protagonist" looks at the role insurance played during the crisis and the initial concerns that any reactíon to the crisis might create.... Tovább

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In this special Geneva Report, The Geneva Association has assembled a series of key articles written during and on the subject of the credit crisis, compiling them into an insurance "Reader" This Reader provides an insight into the credit crisis from an insurance point of view, looks at its impact on the insurance industry and finally examines the epísode for lessons-learned and concerns that remain. The majority of the articles were written during the crisis and have been published unchanged in order to give a true insight into how thinking developed as the crisis unfolded. It is splít into three sections. The "View from the inside'"comprises articles written on the unfolding of the crisis and looks at how the situation developed. The majority of the articles were written before or just after the collapse of Lehman Brothers. "Insurance as a protagonist" looks at the role insurance played during the crisis and the initial concerns that any reactíon to the crisis might create. "Meeting the challenges'"contains the most recent articles that look at what lessons can be learned from the crisis and highlights ongoing concerns, particularly on likely regulatory reactions. With articles unchanged from the time of writing accompanied by a highly detailed timeline, the Geneva Report No 3 provides a very real anatomy of the credit crisis, the lessons learned from it and the implications it has for the insurance industry in future. The report is alsó available for free on the website of The Geneva Association at www.genevaassociation.org "The Geneva Reports-Risk and Insurance Research" is a new series of publications of The Geneva Association. The purpose of this series is to tackle issues of strategic importance to the insurance industry that warrant special attention and particular analysis. It is published at irregular intervals and available both in printed and electroníc versions. ISSN 1662-3738 Vissza