Munich Re

Johannes Bähr; Christopher Kopper

doi:10.17104/9783406698231

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Copyright year: 2016
ISBN-Print: 978-3-406-69822-4
ISBN-Online: 978-3-406-69823-1
Publisher: C.H.BECK Literatur - Sachbuch - Wissenschaft, München
Language: German
Pages: 464
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 6
1. Introduction No access Pages 7 - 12
1. 2. The Beginnings of Reinsurance: The Long Path to Equality No access Pages 13 - 23
2. 1. Carl Thieme and the Founding of Munich Re No access
  2. The Rise of a New Kind of Reinsurer No access
  3. “The Founding of a Casualty Firm along with Our Reinsurance Company”: How Allianz Versicherungs-AG Came into Being No access
3. 1. Business Dealings and Investments in Russia, Great Britain, and the U.S. No access
  2. The Earthquake of San Francisco and Other Major Losses No access
4. 1. Employees and Management No access
  2. Business Development, Capital Investments, and New Insurance Segments No access
5. 6. The First World War and the Restructuring of the World Market No access Pages 95 - 102
6. 7. Banned from the World Market: The Development of the Corporation in Central Europe during the Inflation Period No access Pages 103 - 124
7. 8. “Insurance Has Its Own Economy”: Munich Re in the Great Depression No access Pages 125 - 144
1. 9. The National Socialist Takeover and Munich Re: Business Development, Political Ties, and Management No access Pages 145 - 175
2. 10. Munich Re in the Economy of the Third Reich: Business Policy, Foreign Currency Restrictions, and Participation in Financing Armaments No access Pages 176 - 190
3. 1. Relations to Swiss Re under the Conditions of Foreign Exchange Control No access
  2. The Phönix Scandal and Its Consequences No access
  3. Disguises and Expectations of War No access
4. 1. “Prudent Cooperation”? The Company’s Involvement in Vienna, Prague, and Southeastern Europe No access
  2. The Group Companies in Occupied Poland No access
  3. The Subsidiaries in the West and the Association for the Coverage of Major Risks No access
  4. The Hub of Masked Business and Window to the World: Union Rück in Zurich No access
1. 13. Starting Anew under the American Occupation: The Consequences of War and Denazification No access Pages 245 - 261
2. 14. Finding a Way Back into the International Reinsurance Market No access Pages 262 - 269
3. 15. Rebuilding the Capital Basis: Munich Re and the Consequences of the Currency Reform No access Pages 270 - 278
4. 16. New Challenges in the International Reinsurance Business No access Pages 279 - 303
5. 17. Continuity and Change in the “Alzheimer Era” (1950–1968) No access Pages 304 - 312
6. 18. The Progress of Globalization in the Reinsurance Business No access Pages 313 - 349
7. 19. The Crises of the 1970s and the Challenges of Modern Risk Management No access Pages 350 - 361
8. 20. Conclusion No access Pages 362 - 370
1. Notes No access Pages 371 - 437
2. List of Tables and Diagrams, Picture Credits No access Pages 438 - 438
3. List of Abbreviations No access Pages 439 - 440
4. List of Primary Sources and Bibliography No access Pages 441 - 452
5. Index of Persons No access Pages 453 - 456
6. Index of Companies No access Pages 457 - 464