Anatomy of the credit crisis

15 January 2010

Kai-Uwe Schanz, Special Advisor to The Geneva Association, has contributed several sections to a recently released report from The Geneva Association, the leading international insurance think-tank, entitled “Anatomy of the credit crisis – An insurance reader”. The report is the product of a collective exercise comprising several working groups and individual efforts. The reader deliberately provides articles written during and in the immediate aftermath of the crisis. Therefore, the articles are relevant to the time of writing.

The contributions from Kai-Uwe Schanz cover the following topics: “Navigating the storm”, “Maintaining stakeholder trust in difficult times” and “Restoring trust in the financial markets – Time to think sustainably”.

Some of the other contributors:

Patrick M. Liedtke, Secretary General & Managing Director, The Geneva Association (Editor)

Guido Fürer, Head Chief Investment Office & Member of the Group Management Board, Swiss Re

Denis Kessler, Chairman & CEO, SCOR SE

Carlos Montalvo Rebuelta, Secretary General, Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS)

A Working Group of The Geneva Association’s Amsterdam Circle of Chief Economists (including, amongst others, Generali, ING, SCOR, Swiss Re and Zurich Financial Services)

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Anatomy of the credit crisis

Kai-Uwe Schanz, Special Advisor to The Geneva Association, has contributed several sections to a recently released report from The Geneva Association, the leading international insurance think-tank, entitled “Anatomy of the credit crisis – An insurance reader”. The report is the product of a collective exercise comprising several working groups and individual efforts. The reader deliberately provides articles written during and in the immediate aftermath of the crisis. Therefore, the articles are relevant to the time of writing.

The contributions from Kai-Uwe Schanz cover the following topics: “Navigating the storm”, “Maintaining stakeholder trust in difficult times” and “Restoring trust in the financial markets – Time to think sustainably”.

Some of the other contributors:

Patrick M. Liedtke, Secretary General & Managing Director, The Geneva Association (Editor)

Guido Fürer, Head Chief Investment Office & Member of the Group Management Board, Swiss Re

Denis Kessler, Chairman & CEO, SCOR SE

Carlos Montalvo Rebuelta, Secretary General, Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS)

A Working Group of The Geneva Association’s Amsterdam Circle of Chief Economists (including, amongst others, Generali, ING, SCOR, Swiss Re and Zurich Financial Services)

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