Insurance News 4 / 2009

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We invite you to read the fourth number of the scientific quarterly “Insurance News”

Contents

SCIENTIFIC WORKS

1. The business cycle and the dynamics of mergers and acquisitions in the insurance market – theoretical analysis – Malwina Łemkowska
2. The results of operations and financial investment insurance sector in Poland during the global economic crisis – Joanna Wartini
3. Assessment of liquidity and solvency of insurance companies from the Polish market – Anna Jędrzychowska
4. The supply of insurance services and business continuity for small and medium-sized enterprises – Jan Jedynak
5. Pure financial loss – the risk of liability and the scope of  TPL protection of  the insurance entities. Draw (zarys) of the problem – Ilona Kwiecień
6. Open pension funds in the opinion of the consumer – Iwona Olejnik
7. Defined Benefit or Defined Contribution? Market pension plans in the U.S. – Piotr Pisarewicz
8. Forms of senior credit in selected countries and in Poland as well – Szymon Pawlęga
9. National Health Fund in terms of competition, rywatyzacja and access to health services – survey results – Jakub Owoc
10. The concept of fault in the insurance relations – Małgorzata Serwach
11. Practical problems in the functioning of the Polish branch of a foreign insurer from EU countries – Aldona Wnęk, Anna Tarasiuk-Flodrowska

DEBUT

1.    Selected sources of board members liability – Joanna Zawarska

REVIEWS

1.    Lech Gąsiorkiewicz – “Finance property insurance. Theory and Practice “(CH Beck, Warsaw 2009) – Review Jerzy Handschke

COLUMNS

1. The retirement age of Poles against the demographic challenges: the need for public debate – Wojciech Nagel