Documents et rapports
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Insurance and inclusive growth (anglais)
While the real sector and governments (along with a few micro economists) have long recognized the core economic role that the insurance function plays, the mainstream economics profession has largely...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6943 Date du document: 1 juin 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lester,Rodney Ross
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Bancassurance -- a valuable tool for developing insurance in emerging markets (anglais)
Bancassurance is the process of using a bank's customer relationships to sell life and non-life insurance products. In some developed countries it has had a dramatic impact on developing sales volumes...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6196 Date du document: 1 septembre 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gonulal, Serap O.,Goulder, Nick,Lester,Rodney Ross
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The insurance sector in the Middle East and North Africa : challenges and development agenda (anglais)
This paper studies the causes of the low development of the insurance sector in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region, particularly for long term insurance. The paper shows that life and non-life...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5608 Date du document: 1 mars 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lester,Rodney Ross
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What drives the development of the insurance sector ? an empirical analysis based on a panel of developed and developing countries (anglais)
The insurance sector can play a critical role in financial and economic development. By reducing uncertainty and the impact of large losses, the sector can encourage new investments, innovation, and competition...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5572 Date du document: 1 février 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Feyen,Erik H.B.,Lester,Rodney Ross,Rocha, Roberto
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Europe and Central Asia - Good practices for consumer protection and financial literacy in Europe and Central Asia : a diagnostic tool (anglais)
This paper discusses how the importance of adequate consumer protection and financial literacy for the long-term stability of the financial sector, has been highlighted by the recent turmoil in financial...
Type de document: Autre étude sur le secteur financier Numéro du rapport: 70342 Date du document: 1 août 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Annamalai,Nagavalli,Lester,Rodney Ross,Rutledge, Susan L.,Symonds,Richard L.
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Insurance governance and risk management (anglais)
A sound corporate governance framework ensures that insiders do not use their privileged position to the disadvantage of other stakeholders, notably small minority shareholders, creditors and in the case...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 62510 Date du document: 1 novembre 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lester,Rodney Ross,Reichart, Oliver
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Consumer protection insurance (anglais)
Each year the global economy adds an estimated 150 million new consumers of financial services. Most are in developing countries, where consumer protection and financial literacy are still in their infancy...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 62505 Date du document: 1 août 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lester,Rodney Ross
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Intermediaries (anglais)
The distribution of insurance is handled in a number of ways. The main channels include direct sales by insurance companies, agents and brokers (known generically as intermediaries), banks (bank-assurance)...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 62508 Date du document: 1 juin 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lester,Rodney Ross
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Introduction to the insurance industry (anglais)
Insurance in its pure form is a social good and in a number of cases can be classified as a public good (that is, it generates desirable externalities). Insurance companies, mutuals and cooperatives enable...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 62499 Date du document: 1 mars 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lester,Rodney Ross
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Czech Republic : pilot diagnostic review of governance of the private pension fund sector (anglais)
This diagnostic review covers governance of the supplementary pension fund sector of the Czech Republic and was prepared at the request of the Czech Ministry of Finance. The review has three objectives:...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 44979 Date du document: 1 mars 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Rutledge, Sue,Lester,Rodney Ross
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Czech Republic - Pilot assessment of governance of the insurance sector (anglais)
This assessment of the governance of the Czech insurance sector has three objectives: (1) develop a set of best practice benchmarks for assessing the governance of insurance sectors in the Europe and Central...
Type de document: Note d'orientation Numéro du rapport: 38501 Date du document: 27 mars 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bakker, Marie-Renee,Lester,Rodney Ross,Rutledge, Sue
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Earthquake insurance in Turkey : history of the Turkish catastrophe insurance pool (anglais)
This publication, Earthquake insurance in Turkey, is an exposition of the dangers faced by Turkey as it is located in one of the most active earthquake (EQ) and volcanic regions in the world on the one...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 38654 Date du document: 1 janvier 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gonulal,Serap,Gurenko,Eugene Nikolay,Lester,Rodney Ross,Mahul,Olivier
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Czech Republic - Pilot assessment of governance of the insurance sector (anglais)
This insurance governance assessment is one of a series of pilot financial sector governance assessments prepared by the World Bank at the request of the Czech Government, which has taken the lead in supporting...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 44347 Date du document: 1 janvier 2006 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Renee-Bakker, Marie, Rutledge, Sue,Lester,Rodney Ross
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Managing disaster risk in Mexico : market incentives for mitigation investment (anglais)
The aim of this study is to assess the current capacity of Mexico to deal with disaster risk and to identify ways in which the impacts of catastrophes on the economy can be reduced. The study analyzes...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 19406 Date du document: 30 juin 1999 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kreimer,Alcira I.,Arnold,Margaret,Barham,Christopher J.,Freeman,Paul,Gilbert,Roy T.,Krimgold, Frederick,Lester,Rodney Ross,Pollner, John D.,Vogt,Tom J.