Terrorism risk insurance in OECD countries /

This book presents OECD policy conclusions and leading academic analysis on the financial management of terrorism risk nearly four years after the World Trade Centre attacks. It examines how the insurance market reacted after the 9/11 attacks, financial market solutions for terrorism risk, and possi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Paris : OECD, 2005
Series:Policy issues in insurance ; no. 9
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Summary of conclusions and policy options: 1. The new terrorism threat: a major challenge to the insurance world
  • 2. Towards sustainable policy options to cover unpredictable terrorism risks
  • Pt. 2. Policy issues: 1. Insurability of terrorism risk
  • 2. Financial market solutions for terrorism risk
  • 3. Possible role of government in the coverage of terrorism risk
  • 4. Compensation of mega-terrorism risk
  • 5. Terrorism insurance schemes in OECD countries (2005): comparative tables
  • Pt. 3. Reports by the experts to the OECD task force on terrorism insurance
  • 6. Insurability of (mega-) terrorism risk: challenges and perspectives / H. Kunreuther and E. Michel-Kerjan
  • 7. International financing solutions to terrorism risk exposures / T. J. Andersen
  • 8. The role of government in the coverage of terrorism risks / D. Jaffee
  • 9. The coverage of terrorism risks at national level / J. Cooke
  • Annex: Terrorism coverage in selected non-member countries / A. Monti.