Solvency II: A driver for mergers and acquisitions?
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Insurance Regulation; Solvency II; Mergers and Acquisitions;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2013-11-29 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-IAS-2013-11-29 (Insurance Economics)
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