Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - The Coverage of the nuclear risk in Europe : which alternative?

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The Coverage of the nuclear risk in Europe : which alternative? / Michael G. Faure, Karine Fiore

Sumario: The coverage of catastrophic risks, and in particular of industrial and technological risks, raises multiple questions. As nuclear risk is considered to be a special risk, its coverage is not provided in a traditional way. One of the problems in coverage of the nuclear risk is that operators today still to a large extent rely upon insurers. However, nuclear insurance is provided through national pools that operate on a non-competitive basis. These pools are costly for operators and the damage covered remains insufficient. Given their dissatisfaction with these insurance pools, many nuclear operators are now looking for alternatives. Relying on the previous work of Faure and Skogh, the goal of this paper is to examine whether a risk-sharing by nuclear operators could constitute a serious alternative for the current coverage system

En: Geneva papers on risk and insurance : issues and practice. - Geneva : The Geneva Association, 1976- = ISSN 1018-5895. - 01/04/2008 Tomo 33 Número 2 - 2008, P. 288-322

1. Seguro de riesgos extraordinarios . 2. Instalaciones nucleares . 3. Seguro de riesgo nuclear . 4. Seguro de responsabilidad civil por riesgos nucleares . I. Fiore, Karine . II. Título.