Reinsuring pandemics: the role of government and public-private partnerships between reinsurers and governments.

Business interruption insurance COVID-19 Public-private partnerships Reinsurance Systemic risks Uninsurable risks

Journal

The Geneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice
ISSN: 1468-0440
Titre abrégé: Geneva Pap Risk Insur Issues Pract
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101743974

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
17 Feb 2023
Historique:
received: 05 09 2022
accepted: 02 02 2023
entrez: 22 2 2023
pubmed: 23 2 2023
medline: 23 2 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Pandemic-related business interruption (BI) losses are generally considered 'uninsurable' because, in order to pool sufficient premium revenue to meet valid claims, premiums would be unaffordable for the majority of policyholders. This paper explores whether and how such losses might be made insurable in the U.K. The authors consider post-pandemic governmental responses, including the role of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the meaning and implications of

Identifiants

pubmed: 36811094
doi: 10.1057/s41288-023-00290-0
pii: 290
pmc: PMC9936477
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

1-25

Informations de copyright

© The Geneva Association 2023, Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflict of interestOn behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Senara Eggleton (S)

The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London, London, UK.

Özlem Gürses (Ö)

The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London, London, UK.

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