An update on the use of modern financial instruments in the insurance sector

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-331

  Csiszar, Ernst N ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophe bonds; Corporate strategy; Credit derivatives; Derivatives market; Insurance linked securities; Reinsurance receivables

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547497875     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510134     Document Type: Article

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