Methodology

• Author: Directorate-General for Energy (European Commission), ENCO
• Pages: 10-13

Final Report - MOVE/ENER/SRD/2016-498 Lot 2

Study on the insurance, private and financial markets in the field of nuclear third party liability

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2 METHODOLOGY

2.1 INTRODUCTION

The methodology used to achieve the study objectives respected fully the principles of objectivity, reliability and

evidence-based assessment. However, material amounts of the underlying information required in the

fulfilment of this study were commercially sensitive, thus confidential and in some cases unobtainable.

Qualitative information is presented simply and factually when available; quantitative information is less

individually attributable and was collated from multiple sources.

T               

issues with the research team; therefore, opinions and observations obtained from extensive market experience

         U        

accurately than was possible just by using standardised questionnaires.

2.2 DATA COLLECTION

Objective A: Provide a description of the different actors from the insurance, private and financial markets

(insurers, re-insurers, insurance mutual and operators' pools, nuclear operators' in-house insurance

companies, etc.) which operate in the EU in the field of nuclear third-party liability.

The methodology used to develop the output for this objective, being a picture of the risk-transfer and self-

insurance participants in the NTPL market, presents the qualitative information descriptively and the

quantitative information in a tabular format.

The qualitative output for this objective was gathered from public sources, such as report and accounts, articles

and studies on the market and from information gathered from questionnaires, meetings and discussions held

with key stakeholders. It was supplemented with market knowledge gained from practical working experience

from within the team.

The quantitative output lists in a tabular format the self-insurance entities showing all the relevant information

required. The gathering of this data was from public sources, again such as report and accounts and regulatory

listing and it was supplemented by quantitative evidence that emerged from the qualitative study and from

meetings and discussions.

T            MGA   

market players. The objective also required an in-depth examination of the nuclear pools active in the EU; for

this work the published information was supplemented using questionnaires that requested information across

the full scope of the project and which were designed to incorporate as much information gathering as possible

into one campaign.

The type and membership of the various nuclear pools were also analysed, to expose any material differences

amongst the pools operating in Europe.