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Expansion, Contraction, Consolidation, and Regulation

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The insurance industry is constantly reshaped by rapidly changing business and economic conditions. Natural catastrophes have grown in frequency and severity. Changing demographics have put a premium on both risk management and product development. Man-made disasters have escalated in size and unpredictability. Volatile economic conditions have stressed balance sheets and forced new waves of mergers and acquisitions.

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© 2010 Cecelia Kempler, Michel Flamée, Charles Yang, and Paul Windels

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Guinn, P. (2010). Expansion, Contraction, Consolidation, and Regulation. In: Kempler, C., Flamée, M., Yang, C., Windels, P. (eds) Global Perspectives on Insurance Today. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230117372_1

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