Ownership Structure Across Lines of Property-Casualty Insurance

  • David Mayers
  • Clifford W. SmithJr.
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Part of the Huebner International Series on Risk, Insurance and Economic Security book series (HSRI, volume 14)

Abstract

The range of ownership structures within the insurance industry is perhaps the broadest of any major industry. Included are Lloyds associations, where insurance contracts are offered by individual underwriters, stock companies that employ the standard corporate form, and mutuals and reciprocals that are more like cooperatives where customer and ownership functions are merged.

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Supra Note Ownership Structure Stock Company Managerial Discretion Ance Company 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • David Mayers
    • 1
  • Clifford W. SmithJr.
    • 2
  1. 1.Ohio State UniversityUSA
  2. 2.University of RochesterUSA

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