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The Hungarian Insurance Market: Economic Transition in the Insurance Sector

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  • Bertrand Venard
  • Martin Halek
  • Mark S. Dorfman

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This article analyzes Hungary's insurance sector as an important part of the country's economic transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy. It details the historic economic development of the Hungarian insurance market from a state monopoly to a competitive insurance market where foreign‐owned insurance companies have a dominant market share.

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  • Bertrand Venard & Martin Halek & Mark S. Dorfman, 2008. "The Hungarian Insurance Market: Economic Transition in the Insurance Sector," Risk Management and Insurance Review, American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 11(2), pages 377-396, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:rmgtin:v:11:y:2008:i:2:p:377-396
    DOI: j.1540-6296.2008.00145.x
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    1. J. David Cummins & Bertrand Venard, 2008. "Insurance Market Dynamics: Between Global Developments and Local Contingencies," Risk Management and Insurance Review, American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 11(2), pages 295-326, September.

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