The Munich Re
An internationally-oriented reinsurer in the Nazi era
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8420672 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Kopper (0000-0001-5373-1155, Bielefeld University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 410-420 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Business History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00076791.2016.1259312 |
| OpenAlex | W2762256278 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
This paper analyzes the National Socialist policy towards insurance companies. The puropse of this paper is to examine the impact of Nazi economic policies on the scope and the scale of the world biggest reinsurance company Munich Re. Contrary to prior assumptions, the substantial foreign business of Munich Re was not seriously affected by the Nazi policy of autarchy and the strict regulation of currency transfers
Currency · Economics · Geography · Macroeconomics · Nazism · Political science · Reinsurance · Scale (ratio · Scope (computer science · European history and politics · Finance · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |