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Growth, crisis and change in the insurance industry: a retrospect

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The insurance industry currently finds itself in a revolutionary situation characterized, in part, by the impact of new direct marketing techniques, facilitated by new technologies; by corporate restructuring and the creation of international mega-corporations; and by the accelerating globalization of the industry. This article surveys recent research on insurance history with the aim of placing these developments in their long-run context. Three areas are examined for evidence of continuities and discontinuities with the past: namely, the impact of technology, the interaction between markets and organizational change, and the globalization of insurance and its relationship to economic growth.

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  • Robin Pearson, 2002. "Growth, crisis and change in the insurance industry: a retrospect," Accounting History Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(3), pages 487-504.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:acbsfi:v:12:y:2002:i:3:p:487-504
    DOI: 10.1080/09585200210164610
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