Title articles: Catastrophe management in a changing world: The case of hurricanes.- The intermediation of financial risks: Evaluation in the catastrophe reinsurance market.- Insurance market dynamics: between global developments and local contingencies.-Foreign share, insurance density, and penetration: An analysis of the international life insurance market.- The impact of deregulation on efficiency: An analysis of life insurance industry in taiwan from 1981 to 2004.- The hungarian insurance market: economic transition in the insurance sector