Search for dissertations about: "marine insurance cover"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words marine insurance cover.

  2. 1. Swedish marine insurance between the World Wars

    Author : Gustav Jakob Petersson; Magnus Lindmark; Lars-Fredrik Andersson; Dan Bäcklund; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; marine insurance; interwar period; economic crises; financial crises; deflation crisis; great depression; risk; trade; exchange-rate fluctuations; strategy; reinsurance; diversification; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : The present licentiate thesis analyses developments in Swedish marine insurance during the interwar period, including both direct marine insurance and marine reinsurance. This is done in order to provide insights on how companies of a highly internationalised and vulnerable line of insurance were affected by and responded to new risks during a period of far-reaching international financial and economic crises. READ MORE

  4. 2. Upholding the coral loop : Resilience, alternative stable states and feedbacks in coral reefs

    Author : Albert Norström; Magnus Nyström; Nancy Knowlton; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; resilience; alternative stable states; regimes; feedbacks; recruitment; coral reefs; marine ecosystem management; regime shifts; phase shifts; Marine ecology; Marin ekologi; naturresurshushållning; Natural Resources Management;

    Abstract : Coral reefs are suffering unprecedented declines in coral cover and species diversity. These changes are often associated with  substantial shifts in community structure to new dominant organisms. Ultimately, these “phase shifts” can be persistent and very difficult to return from. READ MORE