Bermuda sidecars: Supervising reinsurance companies in innovative global markets

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 345-363

  Ramella, Marcelo ^a   Madeiros, Leila ^b  

^a Bermuda Monetary Authority   (Bermuda)

^b XL House   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

Bermuda; Innovation; Reinsurance supervision; Risk transfer; Sidecars

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547551182     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510130     Document Type: Article

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