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THE EFFECTS OF TERRORISM ON THE INSURANCE SECTOR
THE EFFECTS OF TERRORISM ON THE INSURANCE SECTOR

Author(s): Marius Dan Gavriletea
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: terrorism; risk; insurance; reinsurance

Summary/Abstract: Nowadays worldwide is exposed to terrorism risk. The attacks from September 11th 2001, the incidents from Madrid and London have shown us that even if one have a performant security sistems and preventention measures in place, terrorism risks can not be entirely eliminated. Worldwide economy is in decline as many time as the terrorist atacks occurred. As a management solution, companies can use insurance products. All these negative events determine the insurers and reinsurers to reconsider the entirely procedure of partial or total of catastrophic coverage, including terrorism.

  • Issue Year: 53/2008
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 105-110
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English