When insurers go bust an economic analysis of the role and design of prudential regulation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Plantin, Guillaume.
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Rochet, Jean-Charles.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • Four recent cases of financially distressed insurers
  • The state of the art in prudential regulation
  • Inversion of the production cycle and capital structure of insurance companies
  • Absence of a tough claimholder in the financial structure of insurance companies and incomplete contracts
  • How to organize the regulation of insurance companies
  • The role of reinsurance
  • How does insurance regulation fit within other financial regulations?
  • Conclusion : Prudential regulation as a substitute for corporate governance.