Complementary and private pensions throughout the world 2008

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24-Sep-2008

This publication provides in-depth information on the regulation and supervision of voluntary and mandatory occupational pension plans as well as mandatory private pension schemes in 58 countries wor ...

Policy Issues in Insurance n°12: Financial Management of Large-Scale Catastrophes

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17-Sep-2008

This book contains three reports focusing on different institutional approaches to the financial management of large-scale catastrophes in selected OECD and non-OECD countries, the role of risk mitigation ...

Insurance Statistics Yearbook 1997-2006: 2008 Edition

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15-Sep-2008

This annual publication gathers major official insurance statistics for all OECD countries as well as Singapore which has an observer status to the OECD Insurance Committee. The reader is provided with ...

Improving Financial Education and Awareness on Insurance and Private Pensions

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18-Aug-2008

Individuals face an increasing variety of financial risks, including those linked to their retirement. At the same time, public funding has been reduced or is strictly limited in most countries. Private ...

Financial Market Trends: OECD Periodical

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17-Jun-2008

This periodical appears twice a year, providing an update of trends and prospects in the international and major domestic financial markets and timely analyses of  financial matters of topical interest or longer-term developments in specific financial sectors.

Reforms for Stability and Sustainable Growth: An OECD Perspective on Hungary (Chapter 4 - Pension Reform: Providing Old-Age Income Security in the Face of Population Ageing)

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10-Apr-2008

This chapter reviews the challenges faced by the Hungarian pension system. It presents recommendations for reforms to improve fiscal and social sustainability and to strengthen the payout phase of mandatory private defined contribution (DC) pensions.

Pensions at a Glance 2007

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07-Jun-2007

Government-mandated pension and retirement policies have changed dramatically during the past decade. Pensions at a Glance presents a consistent framework for comparing public-pension policies across OECD countries, as well as reliable data.

Facing the Future: Korea's Family, Pension and Health Policy Challenges

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27-Feb-2007

This summary study looks at existing Korean family, health and pension policies from an international perspective and considers them in view of the emerging policy challenges in Korea. It was presented at a policy forum on Low fertility and Ageing Society, in September 2006 in Seoul.

Pensions Panorama - Retirement-Income Systems in 53 Countries

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19-Jan-2007

Edward Whitehouse

This report, produced in collaboration by the OECD and the World Bank, addresses some of the key questions underlying the pension reform debate, and provides the basis for a new, consistent, approach to the empirical analysis of pension systems and entitlements around the world.

Medical Malpractice - Prevention, Insurance and Coverage Options

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10-Jan-2007

Confidence in a country’s health care system requires indemnification and deterrence systems that adequately cover liability, provide fair compensation for injury, and deter medical malpractices. Over ...