Capital and risk in property-liability insurance markets

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1069-1092

  David Cummins, J ^a   Sommer, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital; Insolvency risk; Portfolio risk; Property liability insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030191255     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4266(95)00044-5     Document Type: Article

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