The effectiveness of public and private sector summary risk measures in predicting insurer insolvencies

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 101-116

  Pottier, Steven W ^a   Sommer, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Insolvencies; Insurance regulation; Risk based capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036294722     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014325802171     Document Type: Article

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